WSR 16-06-020
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
[Filed February 22, 2016, 7:45 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: I-405 express toll lane tolling policies.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 47.56.850 and 47.56.880.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Adjustments are needed to help improve traffic flows on I-405 in the area of the express toll lanes.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Washington state department of transportation will review and coordinate with the transportation commission on this rule-making process.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. The transportation commission will hold a public input meeting where the public can comment. The meeting will be held in the regional area near the I-405 express toll lanes, in the late spring of 2016. More details will be issued in the near future. Comments may also be submitted in writing to the transportation commission by mail at P.O. Box 47308, Olympia, WA 98504-7308, phone (360) 705-7070, or e-mail transc@wsdot.wa.gov.
February 17, 2016
Reema Griffith
Executive Director