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Retired civil engineer proposes undersea tunnel for Mukilteo/Clinton route Siemny Kim
A retired civil engineer from Seattle is proposing a new way for people to travel from Mukilteo to Clinton that doesn’t involve the ferry.
“You need a different mindset,” Bob Ortblad said.
Ortblad is a retired civil engineer and teaches a University of Washington class on the history of infrastructure.
He is proposing an underwater tunnel system as an alternative to the state’s ferries.
“It’s an idea that’s radical here. But not radical in other parts of the world at all,” Ortblad said.
It was almost 30 years ago, Ortblad visited Japan with his family and took his first undersea tunnel. But the idea really sparked in 2017 during a trip to Iceland when he drove through one.