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ALL ACTIVE WATER FOUNTAINS HAVE
BEEN TRIPET TESTED AND ARE GOOD
TO USE.
ANOTHER CRASH IN THE TIP
O'NEILL TUNNEL DISRUPTED THE
MORNING MOUTH.
JON KELLER -- MORNING.
JON KELLER EXPLAINS WHY IT'S
A DESIGN THAT YOU.
Reporter: WERE YOU ONE OF
THE THOUSANDS STUCK IN THE
NIGHTMARE JAM THAT FOLLOWED
ANOTHER ACCIDENT IN THE TIP
O'NEILL TUNNEL?
NO OFFICIAL WORD ON WHAT CAUSED
THIS PARTICULAR CRASH BUT AS
YOU CAN SEE, IT SURE LOOKS LIKE
THE CAR THAT CLIPS THE SCHOOL
BUS HERE WAS GOING TOO FAST BUT
AS YOU KNOW IF YOU EVER USED
THE TUNNEL, SPEEDING IS A
CHRONIC PROBLEM THERE.
PEOPLE COME WHIPPING INTO IT
FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS OFF STEEP
DOWN RAMPS INTO A POORLY LIT
MAZE OF SHARP CURVES AND OFF
RAMPS THAT COME UP WAY TOO
FAST.
AS WE APPROACH THE 13th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING, CAN
WE AGREE THAT THE O'NEILL'S
TUNNEL DESIGN HAS *** TO BE A
WORLD CLASS FEE -- DE-- DESIGN
HAS PROVEN TO BE A WORLD CLASS
FIASCO.
YOU MAY RECALL THE LEEKAGE AND
FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUED
THE TUNNEL SHORTLY AFTER IT
OPENED.
THEN THE CROWEDED LIGHT
FIXTURES -- CORRODED LIGHT
FIXTURES AND THE MANHOLE COVERS
COMING UNGLUED AND CRUMBLING
RAMPS LEADING TO THE ZAKIM
BRIDGE.
THE TUNNEL IS WHAT HAPPENS WHAT
LONG OVERDO INFRASTRUCTURE
PROBLEM IS ADDRESSED WITH THE
OVERREACH OF SO-CALLED EXPERT
PRIORITIZING OTHER THINGS OVER
PUBLIC SAFETY COST CONTROL AND
CONSIDERATION OF THE WAY PEOPLE
REALLY DRIVE.
IT'S A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR
MONUMENT TO THE ARROGANCE AND
INCOMPETENCE OF THE BIG DIG
PLANNERS MANAGERS AND BUILDERS.
AND WE WILL BE SUFFERING WITH
THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE REST
OF OUR LIVES.
YOUR OPINION IS WELCOMED HERE.