This holiday weekend, commemorate your independence by paying more in taxes. On Friday, July 1^st, your gas tax and car licensing fees are going up.

The state gas tax will increase 4.9 cents per gallon, bringing us to a total of 49.4 cents per gallon and giving Washington the unflattering status of having the second highest gas tax rate in the nation. The federal excise tax is 18.4 cents (24.4 cents for diesel fuel), bringing the total gas tax in Washington to 67.8 cents.

And that’s not all.

The Enhanced Driver License fee will triple from $3 to $9 per year, so the cost to upgrade a standard, six-year driver license or ID to an Enhanced ID will increase from $18 to $54.

Commercial Driver License (CDL) fees will also increase. Obtaining a CDL instruction permit will increase from $10 to $40, written tests will increase from $10 to $40, and driving tests will increase from $100 to $250, with the exception of school bus tests which will not change.

If you have an electric vehicle, plan to pay $150 instead of $100.

Even more notable is the spike in the motor vehicle weight fee. Any driver of a car up to 14,000 pounds that typically pays a $30 registration fee will pay an additional $15 to $35 dollars. If your car weighs 4,000 pounds, your motor vehicle weight fee will increase from $10 to $25, a $15 increase. If your vehicle weighs 8,000 pounds, you can expect to pay a hefty $65 fee on top of your $30 registration fee.

Public officials opted against constitutionally protecting new fees imposed on drivers, which means they do not have to spend your vehicle weight fees on roads and highways. These dollars will be appropriated to the state’s multimodal transportation account for non-highway projects like rail, aviation, ferry terminals and public transportation.

This is particularly frustrating for eastern Washington residents. While projects in the multimodal account are important, they should have their own funding source paid by the users that benefit from the service.

Approved in 2015 by the state legislature, all of these taxes and fees are a part of the $16 billion transportation package.