Reston latest to question Dulles Metro costs

The Reston Citizens Association has joined a growing chorus of Northern Virginia officials pressing the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to rein in the cost of constructing the Dulles Metrorail extension. As the project’s costs rise, tolls on the Dulles Toll Road could soar to $15 by 2047 to pay the bill, the group said in a new report. Reston residents worry that the higher tolls will be too much for a town essentially split down the middle by the Dulles Toll Road.

“Many of us live on the toll road, and essentially we question the fairness of using the toll money for construction and increasing them,” said association member John Hanley. “It’s just an incredible amount of money that’s going to be taken out of people’s pockets.”