Saturday, March 13th, 2010

520 Tolling Implementation Committee announces open houses

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WSDOT - SR 520 Bridge. Photo by: Greg Barnes

The 520 Tolling Implementation Committee is holding a series of series of open house event for the public hear about and offer their input on tolling as a means to help pay for a new SR 520 Bridge across Lake Washington between Seattle and Bellevue. The committee members, state transportation Secretary Paula Hammond, Puget Sound Region Council Director Bob Drewel and state transportation Commissioner Dick Ford, will discuss four tolling options that the committee is considering to the new bridge.

The meetings are open to the public and will be held 5-7:30 p.m. on the following dates:

Tuesday, July 29 – UW Bothell North Creek Events Center, 11125 NE 180th St. in Bothell (served by bus route numbers: 236, 238, 251, 312, 342, 372)

Thursday, July 31 – Spirit of Washington Events Center, 233 Burnett Ave. S. in Renton

Tuesday, Aug. 5 – Naval Reserve at South Lake Union,860 Terry Ave. N. in Seattle

Wednesday, Aug. 6 – Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Ave. N.E. in Bellevue

Thursday, Aug. 7 – Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., in Kirkland

This is a Public Works memo from April 2008 prepared for the Kirkland City Council on tolling: http://www.ci.kirkland.wa.us/__shared/assets/KTC_Tolling_Memo8459.pdf

Thank you to an anonymous reader for sharing this information.

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One Response to “520 Tolling Implementation Committee announces open houses”
  1. DowntownCondoDweller says:

    Just a reminder that this is tonight from 5-7:30 at Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave for those who are interested.

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