$$$ Boondoggle $$$

"Among taxpayers, though, it was the price tag inspired that the most awe. The project cost was more than double the Panama Canal’s in today’s dollars. Citizens here and nationwide - 60 percent of the tab was federal - wound up paying far more than expected. Revelations about hidden cost overruns angered many, as statewide highway tolls climbed. The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority is planning a $150 million lawsuit against firms that managed the project."

I guess the lawsuit is supposed to act like a rebate.

From an article on “Boston’s Big Dig."

Via Drudge.

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