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POLL: New Toll Rates for Tacoma Narrows Start Sunday

Starting July 1, Good to Go! customers will pay $4 to cross the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

It's finally here: Drivers traveling across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge from Gig Harbor to Tacoma will have to dig a little deeper in their wallets.

Starting this Sunday, Good to Go!Β customers will have to pay $4 to cross the Narrows, which is $1.25 more than their current fee of $2.75.

Despite testimonies from local residents, theΒ Washington State Transportation CommissionersΒ (WSTC) approved the proposed toll increases at theΒ Β in May.Β 

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Washington State Department of Transportation Toll Division Director Craig Stone and WSTC Senior Financial Analyst Noah Crocker said the rate increase is necessary in order for the toll revenues to keep up with the expenses.

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