Big Dig and Beyond

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WHAT THE MESS ON BEACON HILL

MEANS TO YOU

Big Dig woefully late and over budget

1 state, 2 highway overheads

10+ years without consensus on how to

restore the surface artery

An empty $1B convention center surrounded

by 1,000 acres of mud & parking lots, and

graced by America¶s ugliest building (the CATvent)



NEW LEADERSHIP, NEW VISION

Professional windup of the Big Dig

Streamlined highway management

Great Cities and the Emerald Necklace

Strategic decisions on Hynes Convention

Center and Seaport District



PROFESSIONAL WINDUP OF THE

BIG DIG

Top-to-bottom outside audit with full publicdisclosure

Aggressive oversight based on audit findings

Reporting directly to Governor

Turnpike Authority removed from management role

100% accountability for Big Dig contractors

Elimination of any remaining wasteful

extravagance



STREAMLINED HIGHWAY

MANAGEMENT

The turnpike is a good roadway

Let¶s keep it that way

But Turnpike Authority and Mass Highway

overlap needlessly

Combine the best from both

Consolidate all operations under Mass Highway

Savings go to turnpike toll relief

Legal pathway already in place



GREAT CITIES: THE ISSUE

We need vibrant, livable cities

We are among the most urban of states with 10x

average U.S. population density

But our cities have suffered Day-to-day spending has crowded out long-term

investment in the future

Infrastructure has crumbled

We need a new plan for great cities

Vision has been held hostage to waste, patronage

and Beacon Hill¶s obsession with the status quo



GREAT CITIES: THE VISION

Government must work to make city lifeenjoyable, not just bearable

Safe and clean environment

Cultural diversity

Inspirational architecture

Playful open spaces

A proper role of state government

Critical for growth and prosperity of entire

Commonwealth



GREAT CITIES: THE EMERALD

NECKLACE

Surface artery restoration

Historic opportunity to reconnect Boston with its

waterfront

Public space consistent with spirit of The Emerald

Necklace

Show what a great 21st century American city can be

CA surface cannot become

Wind-swept scar; a mirror of Government Center

Plaza

Hodge-podge of Beacon Hill paybacks

Bleeding cityscape without a maintenance budget



COMPLETING THE EMERALD

NECKLACE

Governor must lead

Collaborative process

Take responsibility for funding

State and city

Business

Public and nonprofit contributions

100% open until 100% planned and funded



STRATEGIC DECISIONS: HYNES

AND SEAPORT

Beacon Hill has brought us «

Two uneconomical Convention Centers

A stalled Seaport District



CONVENTION CENTER OPTIONS

Dispose Keep

K e e p

D i s p o s e

H YNES C.C.

S E A P O R T C . C .



CONVENTION CENTER OPTIONS

Dispose Keep

K e e p

D i s p o s e

H YNES C.C.




SEAPORT DISTRICT OPTIONS

Jumpstart Stall

K e e p

D i s p o s e

SEAPORT DEVELOPMENT




DISPOSE, JUMPSTART

H YNES C.C. SEAPORT DISTRICT

Jumpstart Stall

D i s p

o s e

K e e p

D i s p

o s e

K e e p

S E A

P O R T C . C

.Dispose Keep



STRATEGIC ACTION

Sell Hynes Convention Center Stop $15M+ annual state budget subsidy

Redirect parking garage profits

Jumpstart The Seaport District

Convene summit meeting of all parties

Reform permitting process

Remove regulatory uncertainties

Enhance public access

Beautify ugly vent shaft

Introduce time-bound financial incentives

Big Dig and Beyond

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