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June 5, 2006

Big Dig dedication to recall 'Tip' O'Neill

BOSTON -- It has cost more than $14.6 billion, transformed the face of downtown Boston, and unclogged one of the most notorious bottlenecks in the country's interstate highway system.

Today, in yet another sign that work on the Big Dig is finally winding down, political leaders are scheduled to converge for a ceremony to formally dedicate the project's Interstate 93 tunnel.

The event, led by U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, will also honor one of the political godfathers of the massive highway project, the late House Speaker Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill - a Massachusetts Democrat who helped secure federal funding for the project.

Read the full Associated Press story.

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