Description: Artery Business Committee endorses Boston's plans for moving excavated dirt and connecting depressed Central Artery to Route 93.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/18/1990
Description: 16-lane interchange is proposed to cross Charlestown as part of Central Artery project. Area resident objects because of noise and congestion. Scale model of Scheme Z. John DeVillars.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/11/1990
Description: Public works commissioner Jane Garvey proposes to dump Central Artery dirt on Spectacle Island. EPA's Julie Belaga says that violates Clean Water Act. Suburban landfills are possible alternative.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/01/1990
Description: Public hearing on Central Artery airs views ranging from criticism of dealing with excavated dirt and pollution to support for jobs created. Jane Garvey, public works commissioner.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1990
Description: State proposes to add dirt from Central Artery project to Spectacle Island landfill. EPA opposes dumping in harbor. Julie Belaga, Jane Garvey. Moving shot of Boston harbor with hazy skyline. Bulldozer
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/26/1990
Description: Environmentalists are concerned about potential pollution from stacks which will vent exhaust of depressed Central Artery traffic. Many views of elevated highway. Route 93 sign.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/31/1990
Description: "Ground breaking" ceremony for the Central Artery project (aka the Big Dig), where they used welding equipment to dismantle a bridge, rather than shovels to literally break ground. Interview with Public Works commissioner Jane Garvey on nature of the project and its funding. Michael Dukakis and William Bulger speak at the ceremony. At the same time, a public hearing is being held at the State House, where State Inspector General Joseph Baressi is trying to overhaul the way the state does business with consultant, which Baressi thinks is a problem with the Central Artery project. Following the edited story is b-roll of the construction site environs and the ceremony, as well as excerpts of Dukakis's speech, Bulger's speech, and other speakers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/12/1990
Description: Julie Belaga of EPA challenges public works commissioner Jane Garvey to clarify mass transit solution to alleviate Central Artery traffic. Artery traffic and underpass.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/24/1990
Description: Conservationists object to Scheme Z interchange in Central Artery project. Boston Sand and Gravel yard near train tracks into North Station. Many shots of expressway from afar.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/12/1990
Description: Study concludes that Turnpike Authority should exist to defray cost of artery and third harbor tunnel. Central Artery and expressway traffic. Cars through turnpike toll plaza. Joseph Barresi, Fred Salvucci.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/09/1990