Bertha rescued (for now)

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Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Bertha rescued (for now)</h1>
                <h2><p>Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, has stepped in promptly to kill any idea of enacting a law to shut down the waterfront tunnel. In a statement today, he said, "While it is important to maintain control over the costs, we are not at a point where burying Bertha and walking</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, has stepped in promptly to kill any idea of enacting a law to shut down the waterfront tunnel. In a statement today, he said, "While it is important to maintain control over the costs, we are not at a point where burying Bertha and walking away pencils out. Plus, can you imagine the environmental implications that would have?" Since King is the chair of the Senate Transportation Committee (besides a very smart thinker on transportation issues), that pretty much settles the dustup created by two of his fellow Republicans. King did say he understood the concerns of Sens. Mike Baumgartner and Doug Ericksen, who introduced a bill to shut down the tunnel work and look at alternatives for Highway 99 along the waterfront.As for the repairs on the stalled tunnel boring machine, King said tunnel workers are within 6 feet of completing the access pit. Crosscut's John Stang will have a full report later. — J.C.</p>
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Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, has stepped in promptly to kill any idea of enacting a law to shut down the waterfront tunnel. In a statement today, he said, "While it is important to maintain control over the costs, we are not at a point where burying Bertha and walking away pencils out. Plus, can you imagine the environmental implications that would have?" Since King is the chair of the Senate Transportation Committee (besides a very smart thinker on transportation issues), that pretty much settles the dustup created by two of his fellow Republicans. King did say he understood the concerns of Sens. Mike Baumgartner and Doug Ericksen, who introduced a bill to shut down the tunnel work and look at alternatives for Highway 99 along the waterfront.As for the repairs on the stalled tunnel boring machine, King said tunnel workers are within 6 feet of completing the access pit. Crosscut's John Stang will have a full report later. — J.C.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi