{"id":2816,"date":"2007-12-26T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-26T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/12\/big-dig-officially-done-next-monday.html"},"modified":"2007-12-26T21:50:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-26T21:50:00","slug":"big-dig-officially-done-next-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/12\/big-dig-officially-done-next-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Dig officially done next Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/2137388939\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/2156\/2137388939_64dd51f65a_b.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"DSCF0270\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">An old Central Artery ramp, circa 2006 (PHOTO BY WILLIAM F. YURASKO)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/12\/25\/AR2007122500600.html?hpid=sec-nation\"><b>On Dec. 31, It&#8217;s Official: Boston&#8217;s Big Dig Will Be Done<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>AP\/The Post<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"250\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/I-90-ma-full-size-300x250.png?resize=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28360\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"250\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/I-93-ma-full-size-300x250.png?resize=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28361\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">$2.6 million<\/span> $14.8 billion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masspike.com\/bigdig\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Central Artery\/Third Harbor Tunnel Project<\/span><\/a> will be declared complete on Dec. 31. I&#8217;m glad Boston is no longer bisected by an ugly highway, but to all involved, you blew it for the rest of us with all of the massive overruns and shoddy workmanship. It will be a generation before this sort of urban reclamation gets attempted again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An old Central Artery ramp, circa 2006 (PHOTO BY WILLIAM F. YURASKO) On Dec. 31, It&#8217;s Official: Boston&#8217;s Big Dig Will Be Done &#8211; AP\/The Post The $2.6 million $14.8 billion Central Artery\/Third Harbor Tunnel Project will be declared complete on Dec. 31. 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