The Big Dig went west.
Perfect analogy. I wonder if anyone here has a list of public project boondoggles over the years?
The Big Dig was proposed by Tip O’Neil(D-MA) when he was the Speaker. Reagan vetoed it because he thought the $2.4 Billion was too much. The Dem controlled house had the votes to override Reagan’s veto. It ended up costing around $12 Billion by the time it was done.
I have to admit though once it was done it made going through downtown Boston and getting out to Logan airport a heck of a lot easier. Keep in mind they built a whole new tunnel to Logan and buried the connection of I90 to I95 right under a city that was almost 400 years old and surrounded by water on three sides.