Podcasts History This Day in Esoteric Political History Big Dig Energy (1983) w/ Ian Coss

Big Dig Energy (1983) w/ Ian Coss

Published: Sept. 26, 2023, 8:30 a.m.

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It\\u2019s September 26th. This day in 1983, Massachusetts genator Michael Dukakis held a press conference to announce an enormous and ambitious infrastructure project to take a roadway that cut through the center of Boston and move it underground.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by reporter Ian Coss to discuss the initial plans for what would come to be known as \\u201cThe Big Dig,\\u201d and why the project ended up taking decades, and billions of dollars, more than expected \\u2014 and what it says about ambitious infrastructure projects in America.

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