The Virginia-Pilot editorial board praises local and state officials and Elizabeth River Crossings for agreeing to expand eligibility for the Downtown and Midtown Tunnels toll relief plan. It was recently announced that more Hampton Roads residents will qualify for the plan’s benefits in 2023. According to the editors, the new terms aren’t a perfect solution to the economic problems stemming from the state’s 2012 decision to put tunnel maintenance and operating responsibilities into private hands, but they will “provide meaningful help to low-income commuters and, by extension, the city of Portsmouth.”
