Seattle Can Learn From Boston's Big Dig

As Seattle embarkes on construction of its Alaskan Way Viaduct, the city can learn from the mistakes of Boston's Big Dig.

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October 23, 2002, 7:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Now in its final stages, [Boston's Big Dig] has been saddled with allegations of mismanagement, misleading the public about rising costs and a host of other ills. At the center of the debate are official cost estimates that went from $2.6 billion in 1983 to $14.6 billion today. The heart of the Big Dig may sound familiar: replacing an elevated highway through the middle of downtown with a tunnel a project similar to plans to deal with the aging Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle."

Thanks to ArchNewsNow.com

FULL STORY: Boston's Big Dig: What Seattle can learn

Tuesday, October 22, 2002 in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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