Tolling this week started on certain roadways under the Puget Sound Gateway Program, a nearly $3 billion project from the Washington State Department of Transportation that seeks to “complete critical missing links” in the state’s highway and freight network.
The program includes a new expressway on State Route 509 and an extension of State Route 167 between I-5 and SR 509 in Pierce County. As of 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 29, WSDOT began enforcing a toll on the State Route 509 expressway between I-5 and 24th Avenue South in SeaTac. Tolls on the SR 509 expressway range from $1.20 to $2.40 for two-axle vehicles, depending on time of day. Vehicles that are not linked to a Good to Go! account will receive a toll bill that is $2 higher for each trip.
WSDOT spokesperson Chris Foster told The News Tribune that the department is building the new State Route 167 expressway, and the section that runs from I-5 in Fife and State Route 509 in Tacoma is scheduled to open next fall…