Boston Looking For The Next 'Big Big'

"With the Central Artery's expected completion just 30 months away, officials in political, planning, transportation, and construction circles already are pondering the next major transportation project. But because the Big Dig will eat $8.5 billion in federal money when finished in 2005, there are some who fret that Boston may never again win the kind of aid it takes to address the city's remaining transportation problems. "It's a political burden," said US Representative Michael Capuano, the Somerville Democrat, who earlier this month won an appointment to the House Transportation Committee. "Any time I open my mouth on a transportation issue, someone says, 'Well, you got the Big Dig.'" Still, the region is moving forward with two projects, and planning several more in hopes of scoring additional funds."

Thanks to Christian Peralta