from CBS4News:
Eric Fehrnstrom, a spokesman for Romney said an initial assessment from the Turnpike Authority found no potential problems in the Ted Williams Tunnel that rose to the level of a public safety threat.
But Fehrnstrom said, "We've gone back and looked at those areas, and based on what we've seen Gov. Romney is overruling that assessment and shutting down the eastbound section."
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"The tunnel has a different ceiling design which used lighter panels than the four, 3-ton panels that fell onto the car carrying Del Valle and her husband.
"The $14.6 billion Big Dig buried the old elevated Central Artery that used to slice through the city, replacing it with a series of tunnels. Although it's been considered an engineering marvel, the most expensive highway project in U.S. history also has also been plagued by leaks, falling debris, cost overruns, delays and problems linked to faulty construction."
Who's paying for all this...got a mirror? (I believe it's 80 per cent fed. funding for interstate highway-related?)
Romney took the step of taking control of the situation, so now he's politically committed to finding a significant and widespread problem.