Capitol Hill: Now with Even More Boring
Meet Brenda. She's a hard-worker, who's willing to plow away at a project all day, and sometimes into the night. And now, she's going to be drilling away for up to 100 hours per week, say officials at Sound Transit.
Beginning next week, Sound Transit says, a second shift of workers will be excavating, hauling, and yes, drilling from 4 p.m. until 2 a.m. This is in addition to the current shift, which occurs from 6 a.m. until 4 p.m. That means that Brenda (who is a tunnel boring machine, literally and figuratively) and the crew will be drilling and digging for 20 hours per weekday to create the tunnel which will eventually link Downtown to Capitol Hill and the U. District by light rail. Dump trucks, says Sound Transit, will be running until 10 p.m. or later.
Pedestrians and motorists are advised to be cautious around the boring, due to increased traffic from hauling trucks and workers.
Brenda is currently making her way South toward the Paramount Theatre, where she'll arrive later this year. Then, this gorgeous beast will be dismantled, driven in pieces back to the Capitol Hill location, and put back together to begin drilling in the other direction.
Flexible and capable? What more could you want in a boring machine?
