news.yahoo.com — When the clock runs out on 2007, Boston will quietly mark the end of one of the most tumultuous eras in the city's history: The Big Dig, the nation's most complex and costliest highway project, will officially come to an end.
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sonnybobicheDec 27, 2007
So do MANY MANY other states, mnick. They won't be seeing their massive projects funded by the rest of the country anytime soon, will they?
absurdistDec 27, 2007
f**k Boston.That is all.
mrblehDec 27, 2007
I don't think it made things worst. I just don't think it was well thought out. Traffic is still terrible. The got rid of some bottlenecks but created a couple of more. They added a total of one lane, but that's not the worst part. The major connector ramps from I-93 to I-90 are all SINGLE lane. What gives?? Am I the only one that gets stuck on those on-off ramps? I-90 is the ONLY highway coming in from the West into Boston and there is only one lane to go North, one lane to go South and 2 lanes to Logan. Logan traffic is great if you can get by all the cars plugging all the lanes on I-90 trying to get on 93. s**tty design for that money. I-93 south of the city was originally a 3 lane highway. The 4 lanes each direction under the city is already inadequate. Maybe some day city planners will figure in the time it takes to build the project and add that to the traffic prediction. In this case, the project was planned out 20 years ago to meet the demand of 20 years later. 20 years later, the project is complete but now we have to start planning for the next Big Dig.
mrblehDec 27, 2007
Yes, the part that says "average trip through Boston from 19.5 minutes to 2.8 minutes" might be true. But all they did was push the problem outside of immediate Boston. If you can get to the tunnel, it does take 2.8 minutes. It's the getting to the tunnel part that didn't get fixed. $14.8 billion spent to push the problem further out of the city. Way to go Turnpike Auth!
mrblehDec 27, 2007
Removing the double decker is nice. Spending $14.8 billion with no major impact is not acceptable. Just a few million will plant some nice trees and make things green. Corruption was rampant.
mrblehDec 27, 2007
Especially during rush hour with the college students packing it! Woohoo!
rethcirDec 27, 2007
You do realize that the Boston T Green Line is the most heavily-ridden public transit system in america, right?
whereamiDec 29, 2007
lol yeah, caught it too late (just now which is 12-28-07 :P)