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Associated PressBig Dig Contractors to Settle for $450MBy DENISE LAVOIE – 34 minutes ago
BOSTON (AP) — Contractors will pay more than $450 million
to settle the state's lawsuit over a fatal tunnel collapse
and to cover leaks and design flaws in the Big Dig, officials
said Wednesday.
Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, the consortium that oversaw
design and construction of the nation's costliest public
works project, has agreed to pay $407 million, U.S. Attorney
Michael Sullivan said in announcing the deal involving the
nation's costliest and most complex highway project. Several
smaller companies will pay about $51 million collectively.
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BOSTON (AP) — Contractors will pay nearly $500 million to
settle the state's lawsuit over a fatal tunnel collapse and
to cover leaks and design flaws in the Big Dig, a person
close to the negotiations said.
State Attorney General Martha Coakley and U.S. Attorney
Michael Sullivan were set Wednesday afternoon to announce
details of a "multi-million dollar global agreement" with
Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, the project manager, and other
contractors on the nation's costliest and most complex
highway project.
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