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Public-private partnerships in U.S. transportation got a big legal "treat" on Oct. 31, when the Virginia Supreme Court overruled a lower court's decision against the state's P3 legislation.
In May, the Portsmouth circuit court ruled in favor of Danny Meeks, et al, which challenged the Virginia Dept. of Transportation's (VDOT) right to use tolls to fund a $2.1-billion project that would build a new tube parallel to the 50-year-old, 4,300-ft-long Midtown Tunnel. The court ruled that allowing VDOT to set toll rates on the existing tunnel would violate the state's constitution.
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