This major bipartisan fiasco was brought to you by many still in the office.
When the legislature pretends it possesses the ability to oversee, regulate, investigate, negotiate, audit, enforce and prosecute crimes pertaining to expanded gambling, REMEMBER THE BIG DIG!
Fourteen years ago, as engineers sought to extend the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Ted Williams Tunnel, they froze large swaths of the clay soil that surrounds South Station, allowing tens of thousands of rail riders to continue using the trains running through the area.
Since they completed the project in 1998 and contractors stopped pumping a chilling solution through 1,600 vertical pipes in the ground, the soil has steadily thawed. As a result, the ground has been shifting, and railroad officials have spent millions of dollars ensuring that the tracks do not become misaligned, an expenditure they said they anticipated.
Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, as always, seems not to be responsible for anything --
Fourteen years ago, as engineers sought to extend the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Ted Williams Tunnel, they froze large swaths of the clay soil that surrounds South Station, allowing tens of thousands of rail riders to continue using the trains running through the area.
Since they completed the project in 1998 and contractors stopped pumping a chilling solution through 1,600 vertical pipes in the ground, the soil has steadily thawed. As a result, the ground has been shifting, and railroad officials have spent millions of dollars ensuring that the tracks do not become misaligned, an expenditure they said they anticipated.
Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, as always, seems not to be responsible for anything --
Andrew Paven, a spokesman for Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, which oversaw the project, said last night that responsibility lies with other contractors who performed the work.
It's time to support an independent cost benefit analysis to consider the costs and impacts before considering expanded gambling legislation.
Mr. Speaker,
I believe you have your priorities in the wrong place.
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