doubleplusundead

November 26, 2007

The Big Dig

We've all heard about the Big Dig, the massive underround tunnel system meant to ease traffic congestion in Boston, Ace comments on it a bit here, and notes its not gonna just be Boston that needs a massive rebuilding and restructuring, that many other will too. He wonders if we can even do big infrastructure projects anymore, given the bloody fortune, red tape, incompetence and headaches they cause now.

Its a good question, but he truth is that this sort of chaos is typical in big government projects. My college thesis was about a WPA project. I won't go into details, but by the time it was finished, the project was well over double the projected cost, and a project that they thought would go for about a year and a half at the most went for five years, and a few small things were finished up by private companies. So really, this isn't unusual or unexpected.

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I live in Boston, in the minority politically for sure. In a city and state known for it's shit policies this is one of the bigest piles. Every week there's been different routes. One way streets changed direction within days.

A few years back, when the dig was but a child, comedian Lenny Clark used to do a bit about it. He said he knew the truth. They were going to bury all the residents down there. But noboday was supposed to know. There was more to it than that. But warned everybody to get out before it was too late. Ted Kennedy's master plan. He was a long time Kennedy hater actually. Ran for mayor of Cambridge on the platform of F___the Kennedys or Kennedys suck. Back in the late 70's. Didn't make it though. He got pulled over after taking a city bus and picking people up.

Anyway. Sorry for the long post. But a little history.

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