Seattle Tunnel Partners have resumed digging a repair pit to access the stalled tunnel drilling machine sitting idle under the waterfront. State archaeologists have determined shell deposits ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation has halted digging for the repair pit to access Bertha – the SR99 tunnel machine – after archaeologists found shell deposits, WSDOT announced late ...

Bertha, that gigantic, inoperable tunnel boring machine everybody loves to hate, finally might get out of that big hole it dug itself into. After an environmental review, Seattle Tunnel Partners, the ...