Tolling discussions continue

The Joint Transportation Committee has a packed agenda for today's meeting about tolling, including tolling on SR 520. The committee also met last week.

SeattlePI.com posted an article yesterday looking at the expanded role tolling is likely to take in funding our state's roads. The article includes an interview with State Treasurer Jim McIntire who says "the notion that we're going to be able to continue to finance projects with gas taxes just doesn't survive in today's economy."

The article nicely summarizes some of the disagreements about whether creating a regional network of tolled corridors is the most effective way to fund our system and manage traffic. The article's comments reveal, at the very least, that while some citizens are all for it, plenty of skeptics remain.

For anyone wanting to listen in to the meeting, it looks like TVW will air the meeting on Friday at 4.