I-95 Toll in VA Could Take a Toll on the Trucking Industry

This past week the state of Virgina got preliminary approval to move ahead with a proposal to toll parts of I-95  heading to North Carolina. . The state estimates that in the first five years they will collect about $250 million in tolls that would help with highway improvements. [Halsey]

       "OOIDA and truckers are against tolls on existing infrastructure, and I-95 is no exception. OOIDA leadership calls it shortsighted for officials to view I-95 as a cash cow because highway users continue to pay fuel taxes and other fees to travel on it." [Tanner,2011]

The Virgina Trucking Association explains how a toll would impose a significant cost on the trucking industry, how it unfairly targets interstate trucking and commerce and how tolls represent double taxation to the trucking industry.

Click this link to read the complete write up by The Virgina Trucking Association:
http://www.vatrucking.org/Portals/0/I-95%20Toll%20Oppostion%20Issue%20Paper%209-20-11.pdf


Works Cited

Iii, , Ashley Halsey. "Va. Can Move Ahead with I-95 Tolling Plan, Feds Say - The Washington Post." The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post. Washington Post, 19 Sept. 2011. Web. 25 Sept. 2011. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-can-move-ahead-with-i-95-tolling-plan-feds-say/2011/09/19/gIQAaRELgK_story.html>.


Tanner, David. "Virginia Gets Conditional Approval to Toll I-95." Land Line Magazine: The Business Magazine for Professional Truckers. Land Line Magazine, 19 Sept. 2011. Web. 25 Sept. 2011. <http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2011/Sep11/091911/091911-02.shtml>.

Bennett, P. Dale. "Issue: Tolls on Interstate 95 in Virginia."Http://www.vatrucking.org/Portals/0/I-95%20Toll%20Oppostion%20Issue%20Paper%209-20-11.pdf. VA Trucking.org. Web. 25 Sept. 2011.