Big DigBoston Traffic: Before And After The Big DigWith the Big Dig back in the news a bit, a look at some recent traffic studies on Boston.Local CoverageJul 12, 2012Mass. High Court Tosses Lawsuit On Turnpike TollsA lawsuit that claimed tolls on the Mass Pike were being used illegally to pay for the massive Big Dig highway project was dismissed by the state's highest court.Local CoverageJul 12, 2012Advertisement State Official: Big Dig Costs Pegged At $24.3BAnd Massachusetts still owes approximately $9.3 billion in principal and interest on the highway project.Local CoverageJul 10, 2012Engineers Looking For Possible Big Dig SinkholeState contractors are boring into the ground in an effort to determine whether a sinkhole has formed under a Big Dig tunnel and if so, how to plug it.Local CoverageOct 19, 2011State Set To Study, Fill Big Dig Hole In BostonEngineers will drill 100-foot deep holes next month around a huge empty space that opened up beneath a Big Dig tunnel to determine exactly how big it is, what caused...Local CoverageSep 2, 2011Engineer: Possible Hole Under Big Dig Tunnel Shouldn't Concern Public The head of MIT's civil engineering department says he doesn't think the public should be concerned about thawing soil that may have caused a 190-foot-long hole to form under the...PlayLocal Coverage06:42Aug 11, 2011Sinkhole Opens Up Beneath Big Dig TunnelState transportation officials say a massive 4-foot-deep hole has opened up about 9 feet below the road surface in a Big Dig tunnel in Boston, but poses no danger to...Local CoverageAug 11, 2011New Transportation Secretary Faces Tough RoadMBTA General Manager Richard Davey will take over a MassDOT struggling with massive debt from current Secretary Jeff Mullan on Sept. 1.PlayLocal Coverage02:07Aug 5, 2011Big Dig Engineer Fired After RemarksHelmut Ernst has been fired following an investigation into remarks he made after a 110-pound corroded Big Dig light fixture collapsed earlier this year.Local CoverageAug 2, 2011Highway Engineer Placed On Leave After Lights Comments One of the state's top highway engineers has been placed on unpaid administrative leave following comments he made about being "trained" not to put safety concerns in writing.Local CoverageJul 13, 2011Mass. To Remove Some Dangerous Big Dig HandrailsThe state Transportation Department says it will remove or cover thousands of feet of handrails in the Big Dig tunnels that have been connected to the deaths of eight people,...Local CoverageApr 15, 2011State Eyes Cause Of Big Dig Lighting CollapseState Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Mullan says investigators are close to determining what caused a corroded 110-pound light fixture to fall from the ceiling of a Big Dig tunnel in February.Local CoverageApr 12, 2011Report Details Why Acting Highway Commissioner ResignedSaying there was a lapse in internal communication at the state Department of Transportation, the Patrick Administration on Friday accepted the resignation of the acting Highway administrator.Local CoverageMar 25, 2011Patrick Voices Concerns Over Big Dig Light CommunicationThe office of state Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Mullan is in hot water with the governor over a delay in reporting a light fixture collapse in a Big Dig tunnel early...Local CoverageMar 24, 2011Agency Urges Better Big Dig OversightA report obtained Thursday by The Associated Press urges the Federal Highway Administration to heighten its review of safety improvements to the Big Dig tunnels in light of the fatal...Local CoverageApr 22, 2010The Jury's Still Out On Coakley's Big Dig Settlement DealAs attorney general, Martha Coakley has made many decisions that affect citizens in the commonwealth. But the one with the most breadth of coverage and potential impact is one you...PlayLocal Coverage02:36Nov 12, 2009Study Finds MBTA Passenger Safety Being CompromisedA sweeping review of MBTA finances found the largest transportation provider in Massachusetts has relied on an overly optimistic and unsustainable financing model that now is compromising safety because it...Local CoverageNov 4, 2009In High-Profile Prosecutions, Martha Coakley Made Her NameAttorney General Martha Coakley is the only Democrat who has officially entered the race to fill Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s seat. She hasn’t been a policy maker, but she is...PlayLocal Coverage05:19Sep 9, 2009Big Dig Insurer Makes $900,000 Payment To Mass.Massachusetts has collected another $900,000 from Big Dig insurer American International Group as part of the insurer's settlement of workers compensation insurance premium issues.Local CoverageSep 8, 2009Angry Turnpike Users Lose For Third Time In CourtMassachusetts Turnpike users who feel its operators have illegally divertied tolls from the east-west road to pay for the north-south Central Artery project have lost in court for a third...Local CoverageSep 1, 2009Next Page
Boston Traffic: Before And After The Big DigWith the Big Dig back in the news a bit, a look at some recent traffic studies on Boston.Local CoverageJul 12, 2012
Mass. High Court Tosses Lawsuit On Turnpike TollsA lawsuit that claimed tolls on the Mass Pike were being used illegally to pay for the massive Big Dig highway project was dismissed by the state's highest court.Local CoverageJul 12, 2012
State Official: Big Dig Costs Pegged At $24.3BAnd Massachusetts still owes approximately $9.3 billion in principal and interest on the highway project.Local CoverageJul 10, 2012
Engineers Looking For Possible Big Dig SinkholeState contractors are boring into the ground in an effort to determine whether a sinkhole has formed under a Big Dig tunnel and if so, how to plug it.Local CoverageOct 19, 2011
State Set To Study, Fill Big Dig Hole In BostonEngineers will drill 100-foot deep holes next month around a huge empty space that opened up beneath a Big Dig tunnel to determine exactly how big it is, what caused...Local CoverageSep 2, 2011
Engineer: Possible Hole Under Big Dig Tunnel Shouldn't Concern Public The head of MIT's civil engineering department says he doesn't think the public should be concerned about thawing soil that may have caused a 190-foot-long hole to form under the...PlayLocal Coverage06:42Aug 11, 2011
Sinkhole Opens Up Beneath Big Dig TunnelState transportation officials say a massive 4-foot-deep hole has opened up about 9 feet below the road surface in a Big Dig tunnel in Boston, but poses no danger to...Local CoverageAug 11, 2011
New Transportation Secretary Faces Tough RoadMBTA General Manager Richard Davey will take over a MassDOT struggling with massive debt from current Secretary Jeff Mullan on Sept. 1.PlayLocal Coverage02:07Aug 5, 2011
Big Dig Engineer Fired After RemarksHelmut Ernst has been fired following an investigation into remarks he made after a 110-pound corroded Big Dig light fixture collapsed earlier this year.Local CoverageAug 2, 2011
Highway Engineer Placed On Leave After Lights Comments One of the state's top highway engineers has been placed on unpaid administrative leave following comments he made about being "trained" not to put safety concerns in writing.Local CoverageJul 13, 2011
Mass. To Remove Some Dangerous Big Dig HandrailsThe state Transportation Department says it will remove or cover thousands of feet of handrails in the Big Dig tunnels that have been connected to the deaths of eight people,...Local CoverageApr 15, 2011
State Eyes Cause Of Big Dig Lighting CollapseState Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Mullan says investigators are close to determining what caused a corroded 110-pound light fixture to fall from the ceiling of a Big Dig tunnel in February.Local CoverageApr 12, 2011
Report Details Why Acting Highway Commissioner ResignedSaying there was a lapse in internal communication at the state Department of Transportation, the Patrick Administration on Friday accepted the resignation of the acting Highway administrator.Local CoverageMar 25, 2011
Patrick Voices Concerns Over Big Dig Light CommunicationThe office of state Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Mullan is in hot water with the governor over a delay in reporting a light fixture collapse in a Big Dig tunnel early...Local CoverageMar 24, 2011
Agency Urges Better Big Dig OversightA report obtained Thursday by The Associated Press urges the Federal Highway Administration to heighten its review of safety improvements to the Big Dig tunnels in light of the fatal...Local CoverageApr 22, 2010
The Jury's Still Out On Coakley's Big Dig Settlement DealAs attorney general, Martha Coakley has made many decisions that affect citizens in the commonwealth. But the one with the most breadth of coverage and potential impact is one you...PlayLocal Coverage02:36Nov 12, 2009
Study Finds MBTA Passenger Safety Being CompromisedA sweeping review of MBTA finances found the largest transportation provider in Massachusetts has relied on an overly optimistic and unsustainable financing model that now is compromising safety because it...Local CoverageNov 4, 2009
In High-Profile Prosecutions, Martha Coakley Made Her NameAttorney General Martha Coakley is the only Democrat who has officially entered the race to fill Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s seat. She hasn’t been a policy maker, but she is...PlayLocal Coverage05:19Sep 9, 2009
Big Dig Insurer Makes $900,000 Payment To Mass.Massachusetts has collected another $900,000 from Big Dig insurer American International Group as part of the insurer's settlement of workers compensation insurance premium issues.Local CoverageSep 8, 2009
Angry Turnpike Users Lose For Third Time In CourtMassachusetts Turnpike users who feel its operators have illegally divertied tolls from the east-west road to pay for the north-south Central Artery project have lost in court for a third...Local CoverageSep 1, 2009
