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WSDOT updates council on Highway 167/509 Gateway program, tolling timeline and local impacts
Summary
WSDOT staff briefed the Milton City Council on the multi‑stage January/Gateway program (improvements along 167 and 509), construction timelines, tolling points and community mitigation plans; council members pressed WSDOT on likely traffic and noise impacts to Milton.
Dwayne Matlock, deputy administrator for the Gateway/January program, and Tom Sliemak, construction project engineer, presented the multi‑stage Highway 167/509 Gateway program to the Milton City Council on July 16.
Matlock said the program has multiple projects in two corridors and described the program’s funding mix as state, local, federal and toll revenue. He told the council the program is fully funded to complete its work and described tolling points on the 167 corridor, noting that one 167 tolling point on the west side is scheduled to go live in late 2026 and a second tolling point east of I‑5 is expected by the end of 2029. Matlock said tolls will vary by time of day and include a truck axle multiplier; a statewide…
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