I don't know if this issue has gotten much press over on the west-side of the state. The state of Washington is proposing to convert I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass to a toll road with a four dollar toll.
You remember when we had the great gas tax debate there was a lot of anger in western Washington about sending gas tax dollars for roads in eastern Washington. One of the solutions to this was to implement toll roads so that the user pays. This will get eastern Washington to pay their fair share.
There have been editorials over here supporting the proposal even though it will cost people from here to travel to Seattle. But it is fair and hopefully will end the debates about gas tax dollars going east.
The problem with the proposal is the toll is to small. Four dollars. It should be at least 5 and maybe 10 dollars. I-90 would be the only cross-cascade toll road, shifting even more traffic onto Highway 2. Other passes would also be impacted as drivers shift to avoid tolls. All cross-cascade routes should be turned into toll roads.
Here are two links....one for a survey site to express your opinion.....hopefully support for the proposal. The other link is to a Seattle Times article on the proposal.
http://www.watollingstudy.com/
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cg...ion_id=2002111777&slug=tolls20m&date=20060620
You remember when we had the great gas tax debate there was a lot of anger in western Washington about sending gas tax dollars for roads in eastern Washington. One of the solutions to this was to implement toll roads so that the user pays. This will get eastern Washington to pay their fair share.
There have been editorials over here supporting the proposal even though it will cost people from here to travel to Seattle. But it is fair and hopefully will end the debates about gas tax dollars going east.
The problem with the proposal is the toll is to small. Four dollars. It should be at least 5 and maybe 10 dollars. I-90 would be the only cross-cascade toll road, shifting even more traffic onto Highway 2. Other passes would also be impacted as drivers shift to avoid tolls. All cross-cascade routes should be turned into toll roads.
Here are two links....one for a survey site to express your opinion.....hopefully support for the proposal. The other link is to a Seattle Times article on the proposal.
http://www.watollingstudy.com/
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cg...ion_id=2002111777&slug=tolls20m&date=20060620