Posted on 07/26/2006 7:00:23 AM PDT by libstripper
Big Dig officials noted six years ago that epoxy ceiling supports were failing in the tunnel section where a woman was crushed to death this month, but allowed the continued use of that superglue system to support 3-ton concrete slabs, documents obtained by the Herald reveal.
A memo written after a January 10, 2000, meeting of project officials notes “an apparent failure of the epoxy” for ceiling anchors in the first 100 feet of the Interstate 90 Seaport connector tunnel. It was in an adjacent section where ceiling panels collapsed and killed Milena Del Valle, 38.
The chilling notation was made on Massachusetts Turnpike Authority letterhead and was known to a project team reviewing construction disputes relating to the ceiling support problems and other issues. Officials copied on the note included Kurt Dettman, the state’s top Big Dig top attorney at the time; Matt Wiley, the top project official for Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff; and a federal highway official.
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No. In a liberal, socialist state with democrat contractors and leadership, SHIRLEY there would NEVER be any corruption or problems.
(It's Bush's fault, because Enron bribed Clinton....)
The sad legacy of the Tipster lives on.
"Bolts seem to be failing. No need to fix. What's the worst that could happen?"
No, it's the entire Republican party's fault. See, they tried to impeach Clinton over some sex thing. Defending himself against those mean-spirited, hateful, racist, anti-woman Republicans prevented him from doing all those wonderful things his raw intelligence and compassion could have achieved. He could have cured cancer, you know, and AIDS, and ended Third-World Poverty. He could have brought peace to the Middle East. And, he could have fixed the levees in New Orleans and the highways in Boston.
But no, Ken Starr and Newt Gingrich found some trailer-park bimbo to tell lies about Bill Clinton as part of a political vendetta because they could not accept the decision of an overwhleming majority of voters.
Herald Pulse
Do you feel safe traveling through the Big Dig tunnels? 34% No, I'll circumvent all tunnels
45% I'll avoid them if possible
21% Yes, I'll continue to use them
Total Votes: 9,520
There are times I have to fly out of Logan. I voted "I'll avoid them if possible".
More John Kerry and Ted Kennedy follies!
Well, yeah.
You ESPECIALLY want to avoid them when flying on a plane.
:) I guess I should have said "I have to go through the tunnel to get to Logan".
I wonder if Halliburton could get this job done right.
THAT MASS-OF-2-SH*TS
uh, superglue?
Fear not. Boston will soon start running the world's first express commuter submarine service in the Big Dig.
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