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Bertha Costs: Who Will Pick Up The Tab?

caption: Bertha, the SR 99 tunnel machine, has stopped and will not likely begin tunneling again until next spring.
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Bertha, the SR 99 tunnel machine, has stopped and will not likely begin tunneling again until next spring.
Flickr Photo/WSDOT (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Marcie Sillman talks with Lynn Peterson, Washington state transportation secretary, about the estimated $125 million in extra costs for Bertha's tunneling delay.

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