Route 28 Transportation Improvement: District 2
Loudoun County, in partnership with Fairfax County, formed
the Route 28 Highway Transportation Improvement District on
December 21, 1987. Under Virginia law, such a district may be
formed only upon the joint petition of owners of at least 51
percent of the land area in each county located within the
boundaries of the adopted district, and which has been zoned
or is used for commercial or industrial purposes.
The district
was formed to provide improvements to State Route 28, which
connects State Route 7 in eastern Loudoun County to U.S. Route
50 and Interstate Highway 66 in western Fairfax County,
running approximately parallel to the county's eastern border.
State Route 28 provides access to Dulles International
Airport, along with the Dulles Access Road, which connects the
Capital Beltway to Dulles Airport, and the Dulles Greenway,
which provides highway access into central Loudoun County.
This district was formed upon landowner petition to accelerate
planned highway improvements adopted by the state which relied
primarily on slower pay-as-you-go financing from the Northern
Virginia region's share of the state primary road fund
allocation.
The district, administered by a commission appointed by the
Boards of Supervisors of both counties, may subject the owners
of industrial and commercial property within the District to a
maximum additional tax assessment of 20 cents per $100 of
assessed value. These funds, in addition to funds received
through the State Primary Road Fund allocation formula, are to
be used for the road improvements and debt service on bonds
issued by the state.
All debt issued by the state to fund road
improvements to Route 28 was authorized during the 1988
Virginia General Assembly and became effective July 1, 1988.
The Commonwealth of Virginia issued $138.5 million in revenue
bonds for the Route 28 project in September 1988.
Loudoun County and Fairfax County entered into a contract
with the District on September 1, 1988, and agreed to levy
additional tax assessments as requested by the District,
collect the tax and pay all tax revenues to the Commonwealth
Transportation Board. The contract specified that: (1) the
County Administrator shall include in the budget all amounts
to be paid by the county under the district contract for the
fiscal year; (2) the county shall provide by February of each
year the total assessed fair market value of the district as
of January 1 of that year; and (3) the district in turn shall
notify the county of the required payment and request a rate
sufficient to collect that amount, up to a maximum of 20 cents
per $100 of assessed value.
Final figures based on the
district request will be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors
prior to their action. Initially, tax collections at the
maximum amount were not sufficient to pay the debt obligation
in full. Consequently, the difference has been made up from
the Northern Virginia State Highway allocation. This process
is expected to continue until such time as district revenues
are sufficient to fund debt service costs in full.
To find out if a property is within the Route 28
Transportation Improvement District, you may go to the Loudoun
County Assessment and Parcel Database. Tax district
information is listed under the Miscellaneous Category.
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