The political fallout continues in Boston following a fatal air-plenum collapse July 10 in the Interstate 90 cut-and-cover connector tunnel portal. A redundant support system is being readied while the governor prepares to possibly fire the oversight agency chairman.
The accident that dropped 10 tons of concrete onto the road killed a local woman and further tarnished the $14.6-billion Central Artery/Tunnel’s image. Gov. Mitt Romney (R) has scheduled a closed hearing for July 27 to strip Matthew J. Amorello of his chairmanship of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, a quasi-public agency that oversees CA/T.