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Big Dig fire exits blocked
Posted by Raven on April 8th, 2005
WTF?? NOW THIS??? I’m SOOOO glad we don’t have tunnels (that go under a river and Boston Harbah) up here in Cow Country. Covered bridges is about the extent of it (and those go over little streams).
Numerous fire exit doors in the Big Dig tunnels are either boarded up or missing, and many fire exits are blocked, because of work to find and plug the hundreds of leaks in tunnel walls, a Globe survey found yesterday.
The steel doors, which are meant to stop flames and smoke for at least two hours, are the main escape routes for motorists if a fire starts inside the Interstate 93 tunnels. The problem is more visible in the northbound tunnel, where one exit, its sign still intact, was boarded over with painted plywood.
Fire Commissioner Paul A. Christian said yesterday that although he is concerned that fire exits are blocked and fire doors missing, Big Dig officials do not need to replace them immediately because the $14.6 billion project remains under construction.
April 8th, 2005 at 3:46 pm
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