Lens reports, “As the central Puget Sound regional population grows in the coming decades, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) envisions a 40-mile long corridor of dynamic tolling lanes on the Eastside to manage the new traffic and provide reliable trips for commuters.” The website adds that HB 2071, which had a House Transportation Committee hearing on February 21, proposes to designate WSDOT’s State Route 167 HOT lanes pilot project “a permanent eligible toll facility.”