"Big Dig Leaks Worse Than Thought"

[GreenPartyVoter]

BOSTON (AP) - Leaks in the Big Dig highway tunnel system are more widespread than officials have acknowledged, and top construction managers warned as far back as six years ago about problems that could cause waterproofing failures, records show.

Documents obtained by The Boston Globe show there are nearly 700 leaks in a single 1,000-foot section of an Interstate 93 tunnel. And project managers have collectively signed off on at least $10 million in cost overruns to repair leaks and water damage since early 2001, the records show.

Earlier this month, a team of independent engineers hired by the state to investigate a massive September leak had said the Big Dig project was riddled with more than 400 leaks throughout the system. Project managers and state officials have insisted that the tunnels are safe for drivers.

The leaks are the latest embarrassing chapter for the Big Dig, the costliest highway project in U.S. history. The $14.6 billion project was designed to ease traffic congestion in Boston with a system of underground tunnels, but it was five years late and billions of dollars over cost and plagued by allegations of fraud, waste and mismanagement. The last major leg of the project was finished last year.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20041117/D86DRSTG0.html

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[One_Life_To_Give]

1. Haliburton was involved?

Wasn't a Haliburton subsidiary the prime contractor?

Actually Mass needs to learn how to build highways period.

[flyingfysh]

2. the contractor was Bechtel

Look at the bright side: this gives us more chances to go swimming.

[Buck Rabbit]

3. Oh crap, I read that as "Dick", I am so embarrassed.

[kitchen girl]

4. Don't be embarrassed.

I read the same thing. :-)

[robbedvoter]

5. I thought it was about Clinton

:shrug:

[comsymp]

6. Same-

kept reading "Big Dog..."