Transcript Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project

Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project
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23-mile new Metrorail line
branching off the Orange Line
after East Falls Church
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11 new stations
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5 in Phase 1: East Falls
Church to Wiehle Avenue in
Reston
6 in Phase 2: Wiehle Avenue
through Dulles International
Airport to Ashburn
Seamless integration with
current 106-mile Metrorail
system
http://www.dullesmetro.com
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Funding for the Dulles Metrorail Project
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Cost Sharing for the Dulles Metrorail Project – Phase 1
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Fairfax County - 15% (Phase I Metrorail Tax District – $400 million cap)
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Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority –41% (tolls)
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Federal Government – 34%
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State – 10% (VA Transportation Act, State bonds and Surface Transportation Program (“STP”) funding*)
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Phase 1: Dulles Rail Transportation Improvement District
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Approved and established by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in February, 2004
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Rate: $.22 per $100 assessed value
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Phase 2: Western Alliance for Rail to Dulles (“WARD”)
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Approved on December 15, 2009
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Initial tax rate: 5 cents per $100 valuation in 2010; 10 cents per $100 valuation in 2011; 15 cents per $100
valuation in 2012; and 20 cents per $100 valuation beginning in 2013 and continuing until rail service is
operational at all 3 stations
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Ultimate tax rate: projected to be 25 cents per $100 valuation
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Tax rate cap: 40 cents per $100 valuation
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Toll Road Increases
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The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority voted on a proposal to increase tolls on November 4, 2009
 Effective January 1, 2010, $1.00 for vehicles with 2 axles
 Effective January 1, 2011, $1.25 for vehicles with 2 axles
 Effective January 1, 2012, $1.50 for vehicles with 2 axles
* “STP” Funding - Flexible funding for transportation spending under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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Overlapping Taxes
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Phase 1 Metrorail Tax District
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Phase 2 Metrorail Tax District
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$.18 per $100 assessed value
Both Fairfax and Loudoun Counties
C & I Tax (commercial and industrial property tax)
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5 cents per $100 valuation in 2010, to increase by 5 cents each year
Beginning in 2013 and continuing until rail service is operational at all 3 stations, it will be 20 cents per
$100 valuation
Ultimate tax 25 cents per $100 valuation
Only in Fairfax County, although Loudoun County is talking about implementing a rail tax district
Route 28 Tax District
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$.22 per $100 assessed value
$.11 per $100 assessed value
HB 3202 allows rate of up to $0.25 per $100 of assessed value
Revenues generated by any such additional commercial and industrial real property tax are to be used
exclusively for transportation purposes that benefit the locality
Does not apply to residential property
Real Estate Property Tax
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The base real estate tax rate in Fairfax County for 2010 (FY 2011) has been set at $1.09 per $100 of
assessed value
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dta/realestatetax_specialtaxdis.htm
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Construction Schedule
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Phase 1 Metrorail
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Phase 2 Metrorail
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July, 2004: commenced engineering
May, 2008: commenced final design
June, 2008: commenced utility relocation
March, 2009: FFGA approved for Phase 1; Notice to Proceed (“NTP”) issued to design-build contractors
July, 2013: Phase 1 substantial completion
December, 2013: begin service to Wiehle
July, 2009: issued RFP for preliminary engineering
January, 2010: commenced preliminary engineering
Fenruary, 2011: preliminary engineering completed
Summer, 2011: issue RFP for design-build contract
January, 2012: issue NTP to design-build contractors
December, 2016: full project substantial completion; commence service to Route 772
HOT Lanes
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2007 – 2009: design and engineering
Spring 2008: design public hearing
2008 – 2010: right of way activity
2008 – 2010: utility relocation
2008 – 2012: bridge construction
Summer 2008-2011: construct 4 new outer lanes and demonlish/rebuild all Belway interchanges
2011-2012: shift Beltway traffic into new outer lanes and construct HOT lanes on inner lanes
2013: HOT lanes open
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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project
A Year of Dulles Rail Construction Progresses
The tunnel that will carry Metrorail between Routes 7
and 123 in Tysons Corner
Routes 7 and 123
West Cut and Tunnel Cover
at Route 7
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Route 123 and the
Dulles Toll Road
(Tysons East)
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Route 123 at I-495
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Major Regional Transportation
Improvements
Metro Rail to Tysons and
Dulles Airport
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Rail to Tysons by 2013
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Rail to Dulles Airport by 2016
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$5.0+ billion to Dulles
Beltway HOT Lanes - $900 million
Woodrow Wilson Bridge - $2.4 billion
Route 28 Improvements- $400 million
Springfield Interchange- $676 million