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GBH News: Here's how billions of dollars in cost overruns came to define Boston's Big Dig
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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess
Here's how billions of dollars in cost overruns came to define Boston's Big Dig GBH News 88.4K subscribers 128 1,748 views Oct 25, 2023 The Big Dig: The story of America's most expensive road As they dug the tunnel below Boston's elevated Central Artery, an army of contractors encountered the subterranean infrastructure that powered the city - gas, thermal, electric, telephone and sewer lines. It slowed down work and drove up costs. But for six years the overall cost of the Big Dig never changed. This episode unravels the Big Dig's accounting and explores why cost overruns came to define the project. This is the sixth in a nine-part podcast series about history and politics of the Big Dig – one of the most notoriously troubled infrastructure projects in American history. It was created as an audio experience. This presentation includes archival images. Episode 1: • The Big Dig began with activists who ... Episode 2: • How two competing tunnel projects bec... Episode 3: • How Boston's Big Dig survived Preside... Episode 4: • Here's why Boston's beloved Zakim Bri... Episode 5: • It took a feat of engineering and a p... You can find more about The Big Dig podcast at https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-big... GBH News is a premier source for in-depth local news and original story telling based in Boston, Massachusetts. Subscribe to the GBH YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/gbhnews?sub... Follow GBH News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbhnews/ Like GBH News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gbhnews/ Follow GBH News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GBHNews We can’t do it without you. Support our award-winning community journalism by donating today: https://bit.ly/SupportGBHNewsThis is the fifth in a nine-part podcast series about history and politics of the Big Dig – one of the most notoriously troubled infrastructure projects in American history. It was created as an audio experience. This presentation includes archival images. You can find more about The Big Dig podcast at https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-big... GBH News is a premier source for in-depth local news and original story telling based in Boston, Massachusetts. Subscribe to the GBH YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/gbhnews?sub... Follow GBH News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbhnews/ Like GBH News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gbhnews/ Follow GBH News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GBHNews We can’t do it without you. Support our award-winning community journalism by donating today: https://bit.ly/SupportGBHNews Explore the podcast 10 episodes The Big Dig: The story of America's most expensive road GBH News Podcasts Music Microwaves B Song 1 of 2 E.T.A. Song 2 of 2 ARTIST Sam Spence LICENSES Get YouTube Premium Music Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript GBH News 88.4K subscribers Videos About 17 Comments

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