More signs warn of need to pay toll

TACOMA – The Department of Transportation is warning motorists to pay a $3 toll to cross the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

Sixteen signs have been put up along eastbound State Highway 16 to better alert drivers they must pay the toll.

Tourist Debbie Grover, of Wilbraham, Mass., was on a vacation in Washington in late July. She protested about the existing signage after ending up with a $49 ticket, plus a $25 late payment penalty, on her rental car bill for not getting off the highway and paying the toll before crossing the bridge.

Department spokeswoman Janet Matkin said a number of motorists who received citations said they were confused about the existing signs and didn’t understand they were supposed to exit at the toll plaza.