We in Mass want to thank you folks for helping us with the largest public wors project in the USA.The tunnel leaks, and will continue to leak, probably forever, The Boston Herald photographs sleeping workers ($49.00 per hour). Equiptment drivers driving aimlessly around Boston for no apparent reason, Same labor rate. Modern Construction Co, The unsupervised contractor, says it is a management problem and they will investigate. Your tax dollars at work.
OT: The big dig
Oct 07, 2005
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Well, I'm sorry the thing's leaking and over budget but I used it to get to Logan Airport this summer and I could not believe how easy it now is to get to the airport. Awesomely quick and easy.
The very last time I'd been in to Logan by car was some years ago and I'd sometimes found that the trip, even at off-peak times, could be upwards of an hour from I-90/Rte 128 (is that even 15 miles on "expressways?"). We'd taken to going in on the Blue Line to avoid driving (we don't live in that area but we do sometimes use the airport). It once took us well over an hour to get to Logan from a hotel in downtown Boston.
Not to mention about $10B over budget and years behind schedule.
Bet you listen to Howie Carr...
But I thought contacting work out to private industry made things efficient? Isn't that what right wingers claim?
The local paper had an editorial article about this.
It turns out it was my Mom's BOSS from 30 years ago that found out about all this going on! (There is no link to the article... :(
Well duh, your favorite son Al Gore started the whole thing. While I think it's good to have contracting out in some areas, it's not something you can through a blanket over and say good enough. So who you blame Art??
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