[John Locke]

No. A good short analysis of the Big Dig can be found in this paper, which is a lot more honest than anything you'll see from the rogues in Boston or Bechtel.

Bottom line: it was 76% complete on 1 October 2001; it is 92% complete today. At that rate, construction will be finished in May 2004. Add time for checkout, troubleshooting, approval and handover - tasks for which no project plan as yet exists, in spite of the urgent recommendations of the National Academies review - and you'll be lucky to see the thing open before mid 2005.

If Tip O'Neill wanted a legacy, couldn't he have just built a Great Pyramid?

[litany_of_lies]

I downloaded the report after correcting your link (it has two addresses in it, one for FR.com and then the right one).

Anyway, "fascinating," in a way. I didn't know that so much of Boston is built on garbage, and I had no idea of the problems that caused.

Something tells me that traffic in Boston will STILL suck even after the Big Dig is 100% done.

Whadda mess. In a way, a fitting monument to Tip O'Neill.

[AmericanMade1776]

Funny..the Great pyramid.......yep.....I live in this state , so I am well aware of what the project has looked liked from start to now. And I think they are pushing it, if they think it is going to be ready in May 04.