PrintSeptember 17, 2005
Bridge and tunnel messes
Last week editor Thomas Lifson celebrated the season with an article comparing the success of France's privately built, critically acclaimed bridge, widely considered to be an engineering marvel, to San Francisco's boondoggle publicly—constructed bridge in process. Interestingly both San Francisco and France are believers in government monopoly; maybe this will convince them to try private enterprise. Well, why not dream? Dreams can turn into reality.
Meanwhile on the other blue coast, problems continue at Boston's Big Dig, the just about finished tunnels through town and under Boston Harbor, speeding drivers to Logan airport. The tunnels leak. The government blames the private construction and engineering firms; they of course blame the government and others. So far Massachusetts senior senator, Ted Kennedy, hasn't blamed Robert Bork or Clarence Thomas.
Stay tuned as how this works out.
Ethel C. Fenig 12 27 04
