OPINION: Delta Tunnel Planners Should Learn From Seattle’s Expensive Goof

Engineers will converge in Los Angeles from November 6-9, during the election, for the Cutting Edge 2016: Advances in Tunneling Technology conference. California, it seems, is a hotspot for industrial tunneling these days. International tunneling firms will wine-and-dine political leaders in hopes of landing extremely profitable contracts, like the proposed Delta tunnels, while Californians are fixated on the elections. So before the conference begins, let’s review some recent West Coast tunnel history.