Audits
Report on the October 2001 Finance Plan for the Central Artery/Tunnel Project
March 11, 2002
Project ID: IN-2002-086
Summary
We issued our report regarding the October 2001 Finance Plan for the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, in Boston, MA. Our review found that presentations of cost, funding, schedule, cash flow, and other factors have improved over previous finance plans and generally meet FHWA’s guidance. Overall, we found that, in the last 2 years, senior management has improved the project’s financial management and reporting. However, we found several items that need to be adjusted:
The project agreed to make those adjustments. Because the project indicated they intended to pay the rental costs out of contingency funding, we concluded that the estimated cost of the project should be $14.625 billion.