Dulles Greenway Owners Ask to Hike Tolls to Avoid Bankruptcy (1)

The owners of Virgina’s Dulles Greenway toll road say state officials are unconstitutionally trying to drive them into bankruptcy by denying them the chance to increase its rates.

Toll Road Investors Partnership II LP alleges Virginia, and its Corporation Commission are violating the bill of attainder and takings clauses of the state and US Constitution, according to a complaint filed Feb. 21. The highway operators asked the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to declare that updates to state law restricting toll increases is unconstitutional and that it’s entitled to set rates that allow it to earn ...