Southwest Washington commuters beware: If you work across the river, the state of Oregon is planning to make your drive a lot costlier.

What’s worse is that your money won’t be going toward a new I-5 bridge, new lanes on I-5 or I-205, or to fix any of the infrastructure most of us use.

Since passing its transportation funding package last summer, Oregon has moved ahead with alarming speed on plans to place tolls on I-205 and I-5 at their edge of our shared interstate bridges. Just days ago, Oregon transportation consultants released recommendations that embraced a plan to toll all lanes on both freeways known as “Concept C.”

This plan to toll Washington commuters the moment they cross into Oregon would be a nightmare for our region. And no one should have any misconceptions here: Oregon politicians and decision makers whole-heartedly intend to implement this maximum-tolling plan.

Let’s examine their public statements about Concept C:

Oregon’s consultant report states: “This concept would by far generate the largest amount of revenue …”