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Tunnel boring machine ‘MudHoney’ reaches destination in Wallingford
Jun 28, 2023
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/tunnel-boring-machine-mudhoney-reaches-destination-wallingford/HKZ6X6Q7IRCZNANCVTEQA4U7BA/
SEATTLE — MudHoney, an 18-foot diameter tunnel boring machine, finished its journey in Seattle from Ballard to Wallingford on Monday.
The machine tunneled 13,946 feet for an underground storage tunnel that’s part of the Ship Canal Water Quality Project.
The storage tunnel will significantly reduce polluted stormwater and wastewater that flows into the Lake Washington Ship Canal, Salmon Bay, and Lake Union during heavy storms, according to Seattle Public Utilities Wastewater Treatment Division.