A tale of 2 projects

In the late 1980s, Massachusetts embarked on two massive public improvement projects, the Big Dig and the clean up of the filthy Boston Harbor. One, the Big Dig, we chose because of the promise of billions of federal dollars and a vision of reconnecting the city to the waterfront. The other, the harbor cleanup, we did because a federal court ... (Full article: 670 words)

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