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Boston 2024 2.0 has been hit with the coup de grâce by the world renowned analysts at the Cambridge-based Brattle Group.
While Boston 2024 is already all but dead and buried as well as that – and as predicted weeks ago by Quincy Quarry – Los Angeles looks to be United States Olympic Committee’s new host city bidder for the 2024 Olympic Games, the Brattle review of the Boston 2024 2.0 proposal is still a worthwhile read.
At least such is the word from the development, finance and public policy wonks at Quincy Quarry as regards the many insightful lessons the review can offer to Quincy residents.

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The problems cited by Brattle were both considerable as well as concisely sliced and diced in surprisingly clear and concise fashion, at least as far as such is possible with a 192 page report that was at least thankfully short on PowerPoint charts.
In particular, the concerns cited in the report included suspect construction cost projections, thin contingency figures used in the cost projections, optimistic expectations of substantial funding expected from outside sources but not guaranteed, dubious expectations as to both the funding of and actual timely completion of all manner of needed infrastructure projects, and all manner of other concerns.
Total potential upside overages ran into the billions, as in easily twice the projected costs as per Boston 2024 2.0 projections once all costs both internal and external to the 2.0 plan were duly considered.
Additionally, Boston 2024’s revenue projections were seen as at least a bit optimistic.
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An example of a project hit with massive cost overruns
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Quincy Quarry can only assume that Brattle’s suspected upwards of 200% cost overrun potential with Boston 2024 2.0’s now moribund plans with the a similar rate of cost overruns both certain as well as pending for certain municipal infrastructure projects in Quincy might be but a coincidence.
Even so, the Quarry can only properly applaud Governor Charlie Baker for both holding fast to offer any official position on the Boston 2024 proposal until the Brattle Group report was completed even if the Quarry’s own internal analysis completed weeks ago all but perfectly been now confirmed by Brattle.
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Charlie and Tommy after close shaves
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Now, if only the Governor was still on speaking terms with his former little buddy Tommy and that – in turn – Tommy would finally both listen to Charlie as well as similarly opt to rely on qualified outside and independent expertise to assess his own pipe dreams for Quincy Center.
Either that or Charlie sends in the pros to slice and dice his former little buddy’s grandiose plans.
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