State meeting revenue projections for 520 tolls
Jun 28, 2012, 4:54 PM | Updated: Jun 29, 2012, 6:51 am
Tolling rates will increase by two and a half percent starting July first, the first of four annual toll increases through 2015. The peak Good to Go rate of $3.50 increases to $3.59. (97.3 KIRO FM Photo/File)
(97.3 KIRO FM Photo/File)
The state is meeting its revenue projections for tolling on the SR 520 bridge. Traffic is down 41 percent on the bridge for the first six months of tolling, but DOT projected a 48 percent drop.
Overall, I-90 and Highway 522, around the north end of Lake Washington, are each handling only slightly more traffic. “When we look at I-90 in total,” says WSDOT tolling director Craig Stone, “it’s only had a 10 percent increase in traffic across a day.”
Stone says lake crossings, including the use of 522, are down just four percent.
The numbers show I-90 traffic is not much different during the morning commute; but midday traffic, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. is up 22 percent.
Tolling rates will increase by two and a half percent starting July first, the first of four annual toll increases through 2015. The peak Good to Go rate of $3.50 increases to $3.59.
About 80 percent or vehicles crossing 520 right now have Good to Go electronic passes.
97.3 KIRO FM’s Tim Haeck contributed to this report.
