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Here's a look at some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of May 7, supported by your subscriptions. The fate of tons of deb...

May 16, 2023
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Here's a look at some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of May 7, supported by your subscriptions. The fate of tons of debris excavated in Rhode Island's version of the Big Dig — a massive sewer overflow tunnel in Pawtucket — has triggered political spats and turf wars up and down Narragansett Bay for four years. Patrick Anderson chronicles the latest interagency bickering, over using the "tunnel muck" as fill for a proposed sea-glider factory at Quonset State Airport, and explains how the infighting is costing taxpayers.

Kathleen Hill