In 1990 the new republican Governor, Bill Weld, put Jim Kerasiotes in charge of the Big Dig. Kerasiotes' reputation for cutting budgets and staff earned him the nickname "Hatchet Man." This episode is about how Kerasiotes struggled to contain costs and maintain control of the project all while an extraordinary feat of engineering successfully created a new tunnel underneath Boston's Fort Point Channel that would allow drivers to access the Ted Williams tunnel and Logan Airport.
You can hear more from Jim Kerasiotes in an interview with Ian Coss here: studio.youtube...
This is the fifth in a nine-part podcast series about history and politics of the Big Dig - one of the most notoriously troubled infrastructure projects in American history. It was created as an audio experience. This presentation includes archival images.
Episode 1: • The Big Dig began with...
Episode 2: • How two competing tunn...
Episode 3: • How Boston's Big Dig s...
Episode 4: • Here's why Boston's be...
Episode 6: • Here's how billions of...
Episode 7: • How a power struggle o...
Episode 8: • Boston's Big Dig tunne...
Episode 9: • The Big Dig transforme...
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