A new report by the Massachusetts Inspector General charges that Central Artery/Tunnel, Federal Highway Administration and state officials knew the cost of the Boston megaproject would hit $14 billion as early as 1994. The IG charges project officials used federally sanctioned accounting assumptions to "soften the sticker shock" and keep costs at $8 billion, hiding the $6-billion rndifference. The IG also requests that the federal funding cap be eliminated in light of FHWA's role in the cost overrun.
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