Fillmore • Interstate 15 express lanes are not exactly express-like lately. Average speeds there have dropped to just 31 mph during peak drive times in Salt Lake County, in part because so many toll-paying drivers are crowding into them.
So the Utah Department of Transportation is proposing to double the flexible tolls there — up from $1 maximum per toll section to $2, depending on congestion at the time.
However, members of the Utah Transportation Commission — which received the proposal Friday — said that increase may not be enough to significantly cut express-lane congestion.