Wednesday, February 18, 2015

It's Alive!!

Bertha is getting back to work this week, but will she come out roaring or will it be more like a whine? That's what critics are wondering as "Bertha," the giant boring machine being used to dig a tunnel under Seattle is brought back to life.

Bertha had several mechanical problems over the past year that left it sitting idle for almost that long.  According to Q13 Fox, the Washington State Department of Transportation says the rotary drill will have to be stopped periodically to allow it to cool off, as it has a tendency to overheat.

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SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.

SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.