Chicken Little in the Big Dig

[unixronin]

Well, OK, the sky isn't falling.  But apparently some pretty big chunks of the Big Dig tunnel ceilings did.  12 tons of concrete panels fell from the roof of a connector tunnel last night, crushing a car and killing a woman on her way to Logan Airport.

The failure is apparently because a steel tieback supporting the panels failed.  There are 60 similar panels in the tunnel, and all 60 are now being removed.  A larger concern is that the same panels and the same tiebacks are used in 17 other places throughout the Big Dig.  Does this mean they're all going to have to be removed?  If so, what will replace them, and how much will it cost, and how long will those tunnels be closed?

This isn't the first problem with the Big Dig.  I have a feeling it won't be the last.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Is there anything that cannot or will not be exploited for political ends?

(....Yes, I know, it was a stupid question.)