Bertha may bide her time a bit longer

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Harrison Lee

Harrison Lee Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Bertha may bide her time a bit longer</h1>
                <h2><p>The state says that the waterfront project faces further delays, although no new schedule has been set. At a briefing, the Washington State Department of Transportation told the City Council today that the damage to the Bertha tunneling machine is worse than expected.But My Northwest reports a relatively upbeat</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/harrison-lee-crosscut-com/">Harrison Lee</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>The state says that the waterfront project faces further delays, although no new schedule has been set. At a briefing, the Washington State Department of Transportation told the City Council today that the damage to the Bertha tunneling machine is worse than expected.But <a href="http://mynorthwest.com/11/2762720/More-delays-for-Bertha-viaduct-project?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">My Northwest reports </a>a relatively upbeat assessment from WSDOT's Todd Trepanier, who says,"Even though the damage is more than they were expecting to find it's not more than they were planning to repair at this point.” Crosscut's David Kroman will have a full report later.</p>
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The state says that the waterfront project faces further delays, although no new schedule has been set. At a briefing, the Washington State Department of Transportation told the City Council today that the damage to the Bertha tunneling machine is worse than expected.But My Northwest reports a relatively upbeat assessment from WSDOT's Todd Trepanier, who says,"Even though the damage is more than they were expecting to find it's not more than they were planning to repair at this point.” Crosscut's David Kroman will have a full report later.

By Harrison Lee

Harrison Lee is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He is a senior at Seattle Academy. He has had journalistic experience working with Microsoft in Bangalore, India. In Seattle, he produced an investigat