<p>Over its more than 40 year journey from conception to completion, Boston’s <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-big-dig">Big Dig</a> massive infrastructure project, which rerouted the central highway in the heart of the city, encountered every hurdle imaginable: ruthless politics, engineering challenges, secretive contractors, outright fraud and even the death of one motorist. It became a kind of poster child for big government ‘boondoggles.’ But the full story is of course much more complicated – and really represents a turning point in how America builds infrastructure.</p><p>Subscribe and Listen to the full series of <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-big-dig">The Big Dig</a>.</p><p><a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=41272&post_type=episode">The Big Dig</a></p><p> </p>
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