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GBH News: How Boston's Big Dig survived President Ronald Reagan's 1987 veto
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Peter Burgess
How Boston's Big Dig survived President Ronald Reagan's 1987 veto GBH News 88.4K subscribers 590 likes 19,349 views Oct 4, 2023 The Big Dig: The story of America's most expensive road The great political rivalry of the 1980’s was between President Ronald Reagan, a fiscal conservative and House Speaker Tip O’Neill, a Massachusetts liberal. O’Neill was a champion of what was then known as the “Central Artery Third Harbor Tunnel” project. Money for the project was included in the 1987 Federal Highway bill. Reagan vetoed the bill calling it a “textbook example of special interests and pork barrel politics.” By then Tip O’Neill had retired, but his influence on Capitol Hill remained. Senator Ted Kennedy and Senator Mitch McConnell both had a role in what happened next. This is the third in a nine-part podcast series about history and politics of the Big Dig – one of the most notoriously troubled infrastructure projects in American history. It was created as an audio experience. This presentation includes archival images. Episode 1: • The Big Dig began with activists who ... Episode 2: • How two competing tunnel projects bec... Episode 4: • Here's why Boston's beloved Zakim Bri... Episode 5: • It took a feat of engineering and a p... Episode 6: • Here's how billions of dollars in cos... You can find more about The Big Dig podcast at https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-big... And you can hear more about Tip O'Neill in this GBH News radio interview with The Big Dig host Ian Coss: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-... GBH News is a premier source for in-depth local news and original story telling based in Boston, Massachusetts. Subscribe to the GBH YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/gbhnews?sub... Follow GBH News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbhnews/ Like GBH News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gbhnews/ Follow GBH News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GBHNews We can’t do it without you. Support our award-winning community journalism by donating today: https://bit.ly/SupportGBHNews Explore the podcast 10 episodes The Big Dig: The story of America's most expensive road GBH News Podcasts Music SONG E.T.A. ARTIST Damon and Naomi ALBUM More Sad Hits LICENSES Get YouTube Premium Music Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript GBH News 88.4K subscribers Videos About Here's why Boston's beloved Zakim Bridge was the most controversial part of the Big Dig by GBH News

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