TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The state’s new “Good to Go” electronic toll stickers that people are putting on their windshields aren’t compatible with the machines on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
The problem won’t likely affect drivers, but it will make extra work for the Department of Transportation and cost taxpayers money. Cameras will take pictures of license plates and then transportation staffers will check their records to see if the driver has signed up for a “Good to Go” transponder account. People who don’t have accounts will get bills in the mail, and people who do will pay automatically.
Transportation officials told The News Tribune the state could lose as much as $600,000 over the next year from cars the cameras miss. But savings from the new transponders are expected to outweigh the costs.
