The Central Artery Tunnel (CA/T) video footage and documents show more than anchor bolt problems in Bostons Big Dig concrete. Contaminated concrete from recycled excavate was used in 3,800 million cubic yards of concrete construction. The CA/T documents should be examined for the chemical properties of the recycled aggregate soil and the concrete tested for corrosion and expansion contaminants.
Who decided that the best way to ventilate a tunnel ceiling was to suspend the basement floor over our heads? A 3-ton concrete section of the Central Artery Tunnel connector ceiling crashed onto Milena Del Valle's car while she and her husband were traveling to Logan Airport on Monday night. By Friday we learned that over 300 problem areas exist with connector bolts that suspend the concrete slabs overhead. The CAT cost taxpayers over 14.6 billion dollars by 2006. Shoddy work for such a hefty pricetag. Who benefited from the largest public works program that has commuters fleeing for safety?
This is written for content, not format. It's a rambling, raving, scathing 600 words of unrevised drabble. It cites the folly of the Government, the Media, and the citizens themselves. It's a call to arms, to wake up and care before its too late. Harse words not for the timid, and there's no remorse or second thoughts by the author.
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Eh Nothing against the Canadiansunless you consider them (which they are) part and parcel of the militarys NorthCom (USA Canada and Mexico military cooperationbig time); or if you consider them a leading light in NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreementwhich they are); and socially where they tend to be far more progressive (and influential) than the lower 48 . . . in other words Canadas complicity is as rife as that of the USA in the formation of the North American Federated Union (NAFU which rhymes with SNAFU: Situation Normal All Fouled Up). Find out what the Three Amigos put together down in Texas. Now that the Pledge of Alliance is considered a prayer . . . we can change it to say: . . . and to the Republic for which it STOOD!
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