Bertha stall cost estimate: $125 million

A senior executive says “the costs to repair and restart Bertha, the Highway 99 tunneling machine, are somewhere close to $125 million.” From the Seattle Times,

“Dixon said the number was based on restarting Bertha by Sept. 1, which was STP’s earlier, optimistic goal.  On Monday, he announced the job would take until March 2015, and Dixon said today the actual cost would likely exceed the $125 million. This is the first time contractors or the state have publicly offered an idea of the costs associated with restarting Bertha.”