Seattlest: No More Free Ride to the Eastside: 520 Tolls Are Coming

y2kesha

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:19:53 -0800

Start paying tolls in advance of construction? Did we learn nothing with the monorail project? Where is my tab money I contributed? Build it, I'll pay tolls, not before!

ronaldholden

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:07:17 -0800

What short memories Seattlest has! The Evergreen Point toll plazas (built in 1961) were taken down years ahead of schedule when the revenues (from a 15 cent toll) retired the original bonds.

Michael van Baker

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:28:26 -0800

Rossi doesn't go far enough! The only way to be *sure* we'll have the capacity we need is to pave over the lake entirely!

TroyJMorris

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:22:30 -0800

Rosi is an idiot. An expanding bridge?! Yeah, let's really fuck over the lake. This will, hopefully, get people to ride the buses more and say, "Buses suck... I kinda wish we had a lightrail over I-90 instead." I'm glad Gregoire is just telling us now. With the back and forth this conflicted region and state have (Reds and Blues shoulder to shoulder), things cannot get done. This was proved in the 90's with Lock.

Wesa

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:41:56 -0800

I didn't vote no to avoid taxing myself. I voted no to shoot down more single-occupancy lanes.