Could drivers soon see a toll reduction on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge? NEWSGUYSULLY has the details:
Tolls will not be going away entirely on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, but plans to cut those tolls are still alive in the Legislature.
A lot of people on the Kitsap Peninsula got really excited in December when Democratic state Senator Emily Randall pre-filed a bill that would have eliminated the tolls on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Her bill would have transferred $772 million from the general fund to pay off all the debt and deferred sales tax for construction. That would have eliminated the tolls this year.has passed the Senate floor and is now in the House for debate.
Sen. Randall said now is a good time to work on this, with the state revenue forecasts showing more money is available. “At a time when we have such a strong budget outlook and unspent federal money for COVID recovery, the Legislature should seize the opportunity to significantly reduce the tolls,” she said., which received its first hearing Monday. It would take $85 million from the general fund and apply it to the debt. That would reduce the current toll by $0.25.
There is still time in the session to hammer this out, but the House has to hustle, since there are only nine days left in the short session.
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