Why We Needed Bertha

The only good thing about Bertha is that it generated public spending during the recession.WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
As much as we now hate Bertha, and as correct as Dominic Holden was in pointing out the many things that could go wrong with this project, Seattle needed the megaproject because, at the time it was approved by voters, the city was in the middle of a huge recession. Do not forget that unemployment in 2011 was nearly 10 percent in Seattle. Today it's a very low 3