Financial Crisis Hits Boston's Big Dig

A scathing report charges that officials overseeing Boston's Big Dig project wasted $83 million.

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January 26, 2001, 11:00 AM PST

"Big Dig officials wasted more than $83 million in taxpayer money by failing to hold designers responsible for mistakes, according to a new report from the Inspector General's office. The report also criticizes the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, which oversees the $14.1 billion project, and their management consultants for shoddy record keeping, lost files and conflicts of interest."

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Friday, January 26, 2001 in The Boston Globe

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