10-03-2015 00:16 via thestranger.com

If a Tunnel Boring Machine Breaks Underneath Seattle, Do We Have a Right to Know Why?

"Looks white and gold to my eyes." - Slog reader "cliche," winner of last week's Bertha before-after transformation caption contest. WSDOT
The Washington State Department of Transportation held another update with the Seattle city council this morning regarding our iconically broken tunnel-boring machine. The front end of the machine is now fully exposed in the pit (woo?) and now the contractor has to dissemble all of Bertha's parts (yay?).
In the middle of WSDOT's update, ho
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