WA State Route 522 was recently upgraded to a divided 4 lane limited access hwy, stretching south from Monroe to the new Snohomish River bridge. An easy to miss 55 MPH speed limit sign is posted there. This stretch of road could easily support a 60 MPH limit, as is posted on 2 lane Hwy 2 to the north and indeed the same 60 MPH on 522 further south by the Maltby/Paradise Lake intersection. Actually 65 MPH would be quite safe along the new stretch of road.

Almost every day, three or four highway patrol vehicles are out with their radar on this stretch of wide open new road, writing tickets, right and left, for exceeding the unreasonable low speed limit there. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel for them and purely a money grab for the local pols. Disgusting..