Bertha stalled, again

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Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Bertha stalled, again</h1>
                <h2><p>The Washington State Department of Transportation said Friday that contractor Seattle Tunnel Partners has shut down the tunnel-boring machine on the Seattle waterfront. The Bertha machine had moved forward 2 feet a day on Tuesday and Wednesday but showed signs of overheating. Outside experts will meet with state and Seattle</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>The Washington State Department of Transportation said Friday that contractor Seattle Tunnel Partners has shut down the tunnel-boring machine on the Seattle waterfront. The Bertha machine had moved forward 2 feet a day on Tuesday and Wednesday but showed signs of overheating. Outside experts will meet with state and Seattle Tunnel Partners engineers next week to “determine the best path forward.” As Crosscut’s Matt Fikse-Verkerk <a href="http://crosscut.com/2014/01/27/transportation/118491/seattles-tunnel-no-boring-way-itll-be-done-time/?page=single&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">calculated</a> Monday, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to see how the work can be finished by this September, as had been expected. — J.C.</p>
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The Washington State Department of Transportation said Friday that contractor Seattle Tunnel Partners has shut down the tunnel-boring machine on the Seattle waterfront. The Bertha machine had moved forward 2 feet a day on Tuesday and Wednesday but showed signs of overheating. Outside experts will meet with state and Seattle Tunnel Partners engineers next week to “determine the best path forward.” As Crosscut’s Matt Fikse-Verkerk calculated Monday, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to see how the work can be finished by this September, as had been expected. — 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