[rottndog]

Look for
the union label
when you are buying
that coat, dress or tunnel....

[Paleo Conservative]

The ceiling panels weren't bolted in place; they were grafted.

[Waco]

The place is overrun with RATS? Yep

[taxesareforever]

Where oh where is Ted Kennedy supporting his Big Dig?

[RFC_Gal]

Why don't they just take them all down? Or is that too simple a solution?

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Ah Yes!.....Your TAX dollars hard at work!

[dennisw]

As the tally of defects continues to mount, Romney said problems in the three-year-old tunnel system are far worse than first imagined, with ceiling supports pulling away in hundreds of locations and engineers contemplating a complete replacement of all 696 epoxy-bolted fixtures.

The quick and dirty solution is to pull all concrete ceiling panels down immediately and truck them to the land fill. This could be done in 14 days. And tunnel traffic could be restored avoiding mega-traffic jams. 

Put in new ceiling panels at night when there's less traffic. New panels are not concrete monstrosities (Who got that contract?) But are made from steel aluminum or plastic

Temporary lighting would be bolted to the tunnel sides until the new panels are installed

[gakrak]

I guess the "livable wage" and the absolute quality work performed by the unions is part of the problem and not the solution. /sarc. Amen.

[DustyMoment]

Hub drivers’ nightmares will last for “months,” Gov. Mitt Romney said yesterday, announcing tests of epoxy-anchored bolts in the Interstate 90 network have revealed a “systemic failure” of the ceiling suspension system that will require millions of dollars in time-consuming repairs.

WOW, just think what it would be like if they had spent $30 Billion instead of a measly $15 Billion on the Big Dig!!!!

[AmericanVictory]

What is the world coming to when the construction graft which made the Democrat party what it is today no longer holds?

[mewzilla]

Anyone know if they're checking the concrete as well?

[PajamaTruthMafia]

[Doc Savage]

The Big Dig? You mean they're going to disinterr Mary Jo??
Wait til the Swimmer hears about this!

[HamiltonJay]

Who says crime doesn't pay? In Boston and Mass in general it pays very well... what's a negligent homocide here and there, as long as we keep sending drunk Kennedy and traitor Kerry back to the Senate.. all is well with the world.....

[Old Professer]

Man is destined to forever underestimate gravity.

[foreverfree]

bump

[r9etb]

“It’s pretty clear to us that what happened last (Monday) was not just an anomaly, but was a systemic failure in the fastening system,” Romney said. “For the entire system to be repaired and safe is probably going to take at least a couple of months, and perhaps longer.”

While I understand the cost and schedule pressures that would keep them from doing it, it's clear that nobody bothered to test this fastening system before proceeding with full installation.

It's pretty clear to me that the family of the lady who was killed by the falling panel will collect a large settlement. This is as clear a case of large-scale negligence as you're likely to find.

[Teacher317]

Remember...

a 1987 public works bill appropriating funding for the Big Dig was passed by U.S. Congress, but it was subsequently vetoed by President Ronald Reagan as being too expensive. When Congress overrode his veto, the project had its green light and ground was first broken in 1991

Sept. 27, 1983 - Governor Dukakis proposes the Big Dig, saying it will be completed in 1995 for $2.2 billion.

In 1986, the Dukakis Administration promised that it would never cost more than $2.6 billion.

Costs now exceed $14 billion... and it's not yet finished, and hundreds of millions in refunds have been demanded for shoddy work.

Typical liberal project.

Now imagine what could have been done with that $14 billion.