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2006-07-11 Home Front Economy

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Posted by tu3031 2006-07-11 06:42|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A portion of the ceiling in the tunnel connecting Interstate 93 north to the Ted Williams Tunnel collapsed last night, cascading debris onto a passing car and killing a female passenger, authorities said this morning.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene but her husband managed to crawl out of the crumpled car

The snark in me is wanting to make some sort of comment about the tunnel batting .500 but I'll let it go.

Big Dig officials stressed then that the tunnel was safe.

Umm - No it isn't. Ya see, when a big piece of anything falls and kills someone, that is known as dangerous, not safe. Sheesh.

Posted by GORT 2006-07-11 08:26|| 2006-07-11 08:26|| Front Page Top

#2 The first in a series.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-11 08:32|| 2006-07-11 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Weel, with quality construction like this, al qaeda can just sit back and watch infrastructure crumble.

Posted by Ebbaviling Omaviger5166 2006-07-11 08:35|| 2006-07-11 08:35|| Front Page Top

#4 In the bluest commonwealth, perhaps.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-11 08:38|| 2006-07-11 08:38|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd say it just went from $14 billion to $15 billion.

Posted by Wheang Spavirong9833 2006-07-11 09:16|| 2006-07-11 09:16|| Front Page Top

#6 union labor? someone's laughing all the way to the bank, in the Cayman Islands.

Posted by Crouching Tiger 2006-07-11 11:26|| 2006-07-11 11:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Speaking of rebar and flyash....

Posted by 6 2006-07-11 11:43|| 2006-07-11 11:43|| Front Page Top

#8 a single tieback failure should never lead to a progressive collapse - there's a multitude of errors/fraudulent materials , etc. involved, I bet

Posted by Frank G 2006-07-11 12:25|| 2006-07-11 12:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Look for, da union la-BEL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Posted by no mo uro 2006-07-11 14:44|| 2006-07-11 14:44|| Front Page Top

#10 Governor Romney has fired the bozo in charge of the project.

Fired. Not "asked for resignation," not "paid administrative leave," not "reassigned"--flat-out canned him.

Posted by Mike 2006-07-11 15:34|| 2006-07-11 15:34|| Front Page Top

#11 BOSTON - At least 12 tons of concrete collapsed onto a passing car in a Big Dig tunnel, fatally crushing a newlywed and prompting renewed scrutiny Tuesday of the costliest highway project in U.S. history. The state attorney general said he plans to treat the site as a crime scene that could lead to charges of negligent homicide.

The attorney general's office already has begun issuing subpoenas to those involved in the design, manufacturing, testing, construction and oversight of the panels and tunnel. "What we are looking at is anyone who had anything to do with what happened last night," Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly said. "No one is going to be spared."

That sound you hear is shredders going into overdrive

Posted by Steve">Steve 2006-07-11 17:41|| 2006-07-11 17:41|| Front Page Top

#12 oh, to perp-walk chappaquiddick.

Posted by Whereth Flomoque5693 2006-07-11 18:37|| 2006-07-11 18:37|| Front Page Top

#13 In Massachusetts, construction is a "family" business.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-07-11 22:21|| 2006-07-11 22:21|| Front Page Top

#14 Romney's started the process. Since Amarello is the head of the Turnpike Authority, one of those "public-private partnership" hack heavens, he doesn't work at Romney's conveinience. Romney has to prove "gross mismanagement", or pack the Turnpike board to vote him out. Amarello, a lifetime state hack with the ultimate Mass hack job (outside of running Massport) has already said that he won't resign, knowing that Romney will need the Jaws of Life to get him outta there. What Romney has to hope is now that somebody's finally been killed by this thing is that all of Amarello's back covering friends in the State House decide it's not worth the political risk to fly top cover for him anymore. If that support's gone, Amarello may work a behind the scenes deal for some overinflated pension and quit. This is how Romney forced out Billy Bulger at UMASS.
As far as Reilly goes, forget it. He couldn't solve a crime if it happened on his front porch.
And there's your brief primer on the System in Massachusetts.

Posted by tu3031 2006-07-11 22:29|| 2006-07-11 22:29|| Front Page Top

#15 heh thanks for the info tu

SF is bad too, some of the inspectors expect bribes or they'll kill [figurative]you in planning, on inspections or on the next job.

Posted by RD 2006-07-11 22:45|| 2006-07-11 22:45|| Front Page Top

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