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Three more loose bolts found in Big Dig tunnel, prompting another closure
(AP)...KOTV 6 ^
| 7/25/2006
| (AP)
Posted on 07/25/2006 9:02:49 AM PDT by george76
Traffic was disrupted once again in a key Big Dig tunnel after inspectors found loose bolts in a ceiling panel the same sort of problem that is believed to have killed a motorist earlier this month.
The $14.6 billion Big Dig project, the most expensive in U.S. history, buried much of the city's highway network in tunnels.
It took over a decade to complete and has since been plagued by leaks, falling debris, cost overruns, delays and problems linked to faulty construction.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: District of Columbia; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 15billionandcounting; bigdig; bigdigtunnel; bolts; boondoggle; boston; corruption; costoverruns; delays; fallingdebris; faultyconstruction; leaks; loose; loosebolts
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:02:50 AM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:04:02 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Take down the panels. All of them. Now. Find a durable solution to the problem and THEN install it. Any benefit from the panels is far outweighed by their immediate danger. If people think doing that will cost too much money, consider the economic cost if the road system stays out of commission. In the long run, you are spending dollars to save pennies with this inspection process. Get the Damocles Tunnel reopened and restore some confidence that killer panels are gone.
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:07:34 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Occupation does not cause terrorism; terrorism causes occupation. (A. Dershowitz))
To: george76; sionnsar; patton
Oopsie Tighten-the-bolt-before-it-falls-down-ping.
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:07:39 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: george76; raccoonradio
To: george76
...and nobody will go to jail.
6
posted on
07/25/2006 9:08:07 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
To: george76
Remove the panels & re-open.
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:08:35 AM PDT
by
Sloth
(We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
To: george76
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:09:08 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: martin_fierro
And some loose nuts...
Kerry, Kennedy, Barney Frank
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:09:16 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
"The $14.6 billion Big Dig project, the most expensive in U.S. history, buried much of the city's highway network in tunnels"
Someone somewhere made a boat load of money from this boondoggle. Contractors, politicans, whomever ought to be called to task over this.
I cannot believe the citizens of Mass. are taking this lying down.
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:09:57 AM PDT
by
Dazedcat
(Dear God, please make it stop)
To: george76
hmmmph.. I suppose John Kerry and Ted Kennedy want more of our tax dollars to fix it?
To: Dazedcat
I do not know the exact dollars, but the federal tax payers covered most ( 80 percent ? ) of the expenses.
The tick backs were apparently huge.
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:12:51 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: patton
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:13:39 AM PDT
by
leda
(Life is always what you make it!)
To: martin_fierro
Welcome To Boston. Sorry, We're Closed.
To: george76
Until
the gargantuan LOOSE SCREWS
in the US SENATE are removed,
There's likely to be a lot more loose bolts, deaths, treason . . .
e.g. Scuba Teddy, SKerry, . . .
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:14:59 AM PDT
by
Quix
(BIBLE says it's coming; prophecies indicate our era; Shrillery is eager; Global tyrannical gov looms)
To: george76
Loose bolts or loose screws? If loose screws in MA cause tunnel closures forget about ever opening them...
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:15:10 AM PDT
by
70times7
(An open mind is a cesspool of thought)
To: Element187
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:15:30 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Perhaps Kerry needs to replace the bolts holding his head on.
To: george76
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:16:13 AM PDT
by
woofie
To: george76
Hugh Tickbacks... didn't he play for Dallas? Wide rebeeber?
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posted on
07/25/2006 9:17:09 AM PDT
by
70times7
(An open mind is a cesspool of thought)
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