Completing the "Big Dig" Managing the Final Stages of Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel Project (2003) / Chapter Skim
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Engineering accomplishments have included erection of the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world, the biggest use of slurry wall construction in North America, jack tunneling under active railroad tracks through unstable soils, and other novel technologies for highway bridges and submersible tunnels.
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The project will be opened in stages: the Ted Williams Tunnel, already used by weekday commercial traffic for several years, was opened to all weekday traffic in January 2003 in conjunction with the extension of I-90; the northbound lanes of the new Central Artery are scheduled to be opened in March 2003, and the southbound lanes in February 2004. The old Central Artery is scheduled to be demolished later in 2004.
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State agencies, including the Massachusetts State Auditor and Inspector General, provide reviews of various costs, revenues, and processes. The Massachusetts State Of lice of Administration and Finance contracts with a major auditing firm to provide a DOT-mandated evaluation of the yearly Cost and Schedule Update (CSU)
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However, the report does include a brief review of relevant project history in order to establish context for the findings and recommendations. The committee could not conduct an independent audit in the time allotted for this study and was therefore constrained to accept the information included in prior audit reports and what was directly presented to it by the MTA and {PO.
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During those meetings, the CA/T project staff—augmented by representatives from B/PB, MTA, FHWA, and other agencies briefed the committee on aspects of the project relating to the five specific issues it was charged to address. The committee also toured the entire site of the project, with project staff as guides, during one October afternoon.
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