Chesapeake considering raising toll rates on Expressway, Dominion Boulevard

CHESAPEAKE — City leaders are considering increasing toll rates on Chesapeake’s two tolled routes to keep revenue and debt coverage sustainable long term. The toll rate increases would apply to the southern segment of the Chesapeake Expressway that spans the Battlefield Boulevard area down to the North Carolina border, as well as Dominion Boulevard. Chesapeake City Council members and city staff discussed the long-term revenue and debt coverage outlook in a work session this week. While revenue collected from tolls on Dominion Boulevard resulted in a surplus following fiscal 2024, revenue collected on Chesapeake Expressway declined, amounting to a net revenue loss of $2 million....