BOS has been trying complete a new runway for 40 years. No dice. you can see the half completed runway at 42.365685N, -70.998083W https://www.google.com/maps/d

BOS has been trying complete a new runway for 40 years. No dice. you can see the half completed runway at 42.365685N, -70.998083W https://www.google.com/maps/dir/42.3649312,-70.997063/North+Atlantic+Ocean/@42.3655954,-71.005542,14z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0xadd28c30ec90d79:0x44652457c0696504!2m2!1d-39.462891!2d35.746512 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/42.3649312,-70.997063/North+... and this couldn't be done even though no houses need to go. in comparison the big dig tunnels under downtown boston were constructed just fine (slow and over budget but done) Inside the cities rail use existing Rights of Way or build tunnels. Much easier to build a tunnel under a city than demolish 10 sq mi of cbd.