In regards to this post about construction being stopped on a train tunnel because it may run billions of dollars over budget and the state of New Jersey would be forced to pay cost overruns:
Wouldn’t it be something if that transit tunnel project gets killed for cost overruns but our highway tunnel project barrels ahead, overruns be damned? Such is the way of things.
I can guarantee you, if that tunnel project under the Hudson were for a highway, it would be in no jeopardy whatsoever. Just like the Big Dig in Boston.
And I’m writing this as someone who doesn’t oppose the deep-bore tunnel but who can’t help but marvel at the Orwellian depths to which the likes of Conlin and Gregoire will stoop to make it happen.
Posted by cressona on October 6, 2010 at 11:22 AM
I felt like saying something about this, but then decided to let wiser heads prevail.
I still think we need to have a contest to rename the tunnel.
The winner would get exclusive (and badly-drawn) Baconcat art.
Baconcat, I spent upwards of 3 minutes (each!) trying to think of a host of dirty acronyms to plug transportation words into, and am drawing blanks. I’ll stay on this, as I won’t be satisfied until drivers have to choose between taking I-5 or taking the SPHINCTER.
@3 we still need a t-shirt that says “I love Baconcat”.