Big Dig Boston History: Planning & Start in the 1980s–1990s – Urban Renewal Vision, Massive Cost Overruns, Engineering Battles & Early Disruption

The complete story of the Big Dig’s planning and groundbreaking in Boston (1980s–1991): how Tip O’Neill, Fred Salvucci and local leaders decided to bury the elevated Central Artery, the intense political fights, groundbreaking engineering challenges, neighborhood disruption, skyrocketing cost estimates, and why this became one of the most ambitious urban renewal projects in American history.