Big Dig

Just ask the people who built the Big Dig and the New Orleans levees.

John McQuaid: Sex, Drugs, and Our Crumbling Infrastructure 2008

Bill Weld's biggest failure, IMHO, was that he chose the path of least resistance and took over the Big Dig, lock, stock, and barrel, from Dukakis.

"Primal Code for Brand Romney." Ann Althouse 2007

There were no reports of injuries, but an executive with the company that owns the ambulance, American Medical Response, said he would no longer send vehicles through the tunnels until he was certain the Big Dig is safe.

From On High 2005

In 1996, Weld knocked down three turnpike tollbooths during his unsuccessful Senate campaign against John F. Kerry, eliminating a potential source of Big Dig revenue.

Massachusetts Liberal 2010

Baker has other problems besides Cahill (low name recognition, Big Dig, the Tisei pick, etc) so I'm not sure I can point to just Cahill as the reason why Baker loses in November.

Red Mass Group - Front Page MeetingHouseSquare 2010

Reeling from the $2.2 billion in Big Dig debt it has been forced to bear, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority needs money, and it wants to reach into commuters 'wallets and purses to get it.

The MetroWest Daily News Homepage RSS 2009

Like the Big Dig in Boston, apparently once the hole is dug (think Vietnam and Iraq) there's no turning back, no admission of culpability, no one allowed to demand accountability, no one entity or party to petition for ultimate responsibility.

Salem-News.com 2009

Examples include agricultural subsidies, bloated transportation projects like the Big Dig in Boston, misguided infrastructure projects like the New Orleans levees (why encourage people to live below sea level?), ineffective weapons systems, pork barrel spending, and subsidies for Amtrak and the Post Office (buses are more efficient than railways, and Fedex is more efficient than the Post Office) .....

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run 2009