Boston, MA — September 13, 2023 — Can America still build big things? It's the central question of The Big Dig, a new podcast announced today from GBH Newsand PRX, examining American infrastructure ...

Forty years ago, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis announced the start of a project that would become known as “The Big Dig,” the most expensive highway project in the nation’s history. (Fun fact ...

Every American city — including Portland — is divided by crumbling old highways, and every city is trying to figure out what to do with them. "The Big Dig" podcast from Boston came to town for a ...

Once upon a time, the city of Boston was one big construction zone — awash in bulldozers, backhoes, and cranes. That would be the Big Dig. For all you newbies to Boston, that’s the mega-project that ...

The sad spectacle of the MBTA Green Line extension is enough to make a person doubt Boston’s much-vaunted reputation for achievement. Delivered more than 30 years late and plagued by cost overruns, ...