Fairfax judge validates key funding for Dulles Rail project

Published August 29, 2009 4:00am ET



A $400 million Tysons Corner tax district that makes up a key source of funding for the Dulles Rail project is constitutional and legal, a Fairfax County judge has ruled.

The decision provides officials a degree of confidence that the commercial tax district will stand up to legal challenge. Fairfax supervisors had asked for a circuit court judge to rule on the tax plan in June.

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