On Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 7:00 pm, Sean P. Murphy, an investigative reporter for the Boston Globe Newspaper, will give an illustrated presentation on the $15 billion Big Dig project at the Saugus Public Library.
Sean has written hundreds of stories on the Big Dig, and his talk will address such topics as its cost and financing, engineering achievements, and its politics and personalities. He will discuss the extraordinary coalition which made the Big Dig a reality in the first place; the public deception on its cost; and the curious management role played by the private sector consortium Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff. He will also explain the persistence of hundreds of leaks in the tunnels; the tragic ceiling collapse that killed a woman in 2006; and the stunning amount of borrowing by the state to pay for the Big Dig project.
The talk is sponsored by the library and is free to the public. A question and answer period will follow Mr. Murphy's presentation.
Sean Murphy has been a reporter and editor at the Globe since 1987.
For more information, please contact the Saugus Public Library Reference Department (781) 231 - 4168 extension 65
The world's largest zipper zipped the artificial turf together in the Houston Astrodome.
The turf came in strips 200 feet long & 14 feet wide, bristling with blades 3/8 of an inch high.
Each strip was backed with a thin layer of vinyl foam and weighed about 3,000 pounds.
The strips were cut to size and held together with zippers.
As Milner said, "It was the longest infield fly in the world."http://www.astroturf.com/history.htm
On Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 7:00 pm, Sean P. Murphy, an investigative reporter for the Boston Globe Newspaper, will give an illustrated presentation on the $15 billion Big Dig project at the Saugus Public Library. 
