Boston Looking For The Next 'Big Big'

Transportation officials are already planning new projects, but some are concerned the 11-year-old project is a stain on the region's application for more federal transit dollars.

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July 23, 2002, 10:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"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

FULL STORY: After the Big Dig, an encore or two?

Monday, July 22, 2002 in The Boston Globe

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