Ready or not, there will be a toll increase on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.  How much is the question.  Thanks to our State legislative leadership and to the good citizens of the greater Gig Harbor area who voiced their opinion two years ago, we dodged the bullet in 2010.  But a planned toll increase has been in the cards since the bridge opened (and long before) despite the difficulties we are all facing with the current economy.

It’s time to mark your calendars for a very important upcoming meeting on February 8th when the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Citizen Advisory Committee will hear public comment regarding a proposal to likely raise the toll on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to as high as $5, regardless if you have a Good to Go pass or not.

This meeting and open house on the 8th is not a time to harass or belittle state employees, our elected officials or the Citizens Advisory Committee.  Rather it is a time for us to come together once again as a community to learn, dialogue and be problem solvers with our leaders. 

Remember two years ago, almost to the day, when Gig Harbor rose up as a community and just said NO?

The Washington State Patrol is seeking additional witnesses in an early Monday crash that killed one woman and injured two others, including a WSP trooper.

The five-vehicle crash occurred Monday morning around 5 a.m. near the Burnham Drive overpass on Highway 16.

A state trooper was parked on the right shoulder at the scene of prior collisions that were clear of the roadway. In the next three minutes, a westbound passenger car crashed off the right side of the highway and a westbound motorcyclist went down on the roadway. Another driver stopped behind the trooper vehicle on the shoulder to help. A westbound pickup truck traveled onto the shoulder and struck the rear of the good samaritan’s vehicle, forcing it ahead into the trooper, samaritan, the motorcycle operator, and the patrol car. The trooper and motorcyclist were injured and the person trying to help was killed.