Reply #9: A badly built tunnel killed a woman in Massachusetts and Romney let the guys who built it

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do the inspection to find out why and also to decide if the tunnel was safe to re-open. (Yes, I mean "guys." I saw them walking the site. No females.)

Turned out glue was not a safe way for these contractors to install ceiling sections that were heavy enough to crumple a car like paper if they fell. Who could possibly have foreseen that? I don't think there were any criminal prosecutions for manslaughter, though.

I was shocked to learn that those same construction companies that build the killer tunnel and also declared it safe to reopen were also among his campaign contributors.

BTW, general contractor for the Big Dig (the infamous project of which this tunnel is part)? Bechtel, which has been about Halliburton's only competition for heavy construction in Iraq. I don't know if Bechtel had to bid for the Big Dig or not, though. And it would have been a sub-contractor who installed the ceiling sections. Still, the general contractor has overall responsiblity.