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Govenor,
With the price of gas, we simply cannot afford a toll on the new I-5 bridge that anywhere approaches the toll on the new Narrows Bridge in Tacoma (based on the recent proposal to raise it to $2.75 & $3.75 standard and Good to Go).
The I-5 is used much more extensively and not just for commuting but for commerce, recreation, entertainment and vacation. Even an inexpensive toll will add at least $1,000.oo to $1,500.oo to a household budget.
If tolls become the answer to our transportation needs, we will become a static and insular people, as mobility will become the domain of the wealthy.
That , Govenor , would not be American and would not be the Washington in which I was raised.

posted 5 years, 1 month ago
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