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VOL. 10, NO. 37
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JULY 24, 2025
State Supreme Court Upholds Greenway Toll Hike Denial BY NORMAN K. STYER nstyer@loudounnow.org
The Supreme Court of Virginia last week upheld the State Corporation Commission’s denial of rate increases sought by the owners of the Dulles Greenway last year—a ruling that validated years of frustration by local motorists and state legislators. The company applied to raise tolls on two-axle vehicles on the highway to $8.10 during rush hour and $6.40 in off-peak hours. Currently, the toll is $5.80 in peak hours and $5.25 in off-peak hours. The SCC in September denied the request, finding that the higher rates would “materially discourage use of the Greenway” and were “contrary to the public interest” in violation of a state law enacted by the General Assembly to change the way rate increase requests are evaluated. Previously, the owners had been guaranteed at least a minimum annual increase. Toll Road Investors Partnership II, the owner of the 14-mile private toll road between Leesburg and Dulles Airport, appealed the denial to the state Supreme Court and also filed a GREENWAY TOLLS continues on page 34
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Residents who live along Hiddenwood Lane stand at the entrance of their neighborhood after learning that county supervisors denied their request to rezone their properties.
Supervisors Deny Hiddenwood Industrial Application; Neighborhood Future Uncertain BY HANNA PAMPALONI hpampaloni@loudounnow.org
After more than a year of negotiations with county leaders, residents living along Hiddenwood Lane received a final denial for their proposal to rezone the neighborhood with the goal of selling their homes and moving away.
The Hiddenwood Assemblage is comprised of the owners of 20 parcels totaling 28.92 acres west of Dulles Airport near Arcola. After approval of applications by JK Land Holdings to build data centers near their homes—actions some supervisors have said they since regret—residents said their once quiet countryside homes have turned into a construction
zone. Bordered directly to the south by a project known as JK2 and directly to the west by additional data centers, the community requested authority to build data centers on their land, an action they said would allow them to sell their homes and HIDDENWOOD continues on page 8
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