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$100 fee on new studded tires, a ban in 2025 proposed in Olympia bill

Les Schwab employee Phillip Lemon puts on a set of studded snow tires for a customer at the Ballard store.  This scene is being repeated all over the northwest as motorists prepare for the arctic blast that is supposed to hit the area.

HB 1309 would raise an estimated $3.5 million over two years. But that wouldn’t make up for the estimated $20 million a year in damage to state roads. Studded tires are one of the issues that highlight the east-west and urban-rural divides in Washington.

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