Deval seeks speedier Dig fixes: Administration puts $1.2M behind effort to fast-track repairs

The Patrick administration that has been frustrated by Big Dig incompetence has spent $1.2 million on a stepped-up effort to plug tunnel leaks and has rebuffed project officials who circulated a confidential memo to downplay the problem, the Herald has learned. This article explains how Transportation Secretary Bernard Cohen calls for an independent review of the tunnel leak repairs to determine the scope of the problem and who should pay for the ongoing work. He called for the review one day after receiving a closed-door briefing in which project officials suggested the leaks are not the primary source of high water volumes in the Big Dig tunnels. The project pumped about 1.9 million gallons of water from the tunnel per month between January and March of this year, up from 1.6 million during the same period last year.
I think that putting a lot of money into a tunnel leak repairs is important but I hope that the Patrick administration care not for only the tunnel but people who are in need.