The Cape Cod Times reports on the town of Falmouth’s own “Big Dig,” a high school renovation project that is only two-thirds complete and has already cost $67 million. According to the story by Aaron Gouveia, town officials aren’t blaming the project’s general contractor, TLT Construction, even though TLT now faces an investigation from the state because of its record in school construction projects. Of course, Falmouth may have an incentive not to bad-mouth the builders. Gouveia quotes David White, a member of the Wachusett Regional High School Building Committee, which is dealing with its own cost overrun problems:

When towns have disputes with contractors and attempt to recoup the money, White said one of the conditions is that a municipality not provide a poor reference of the contractor’s work.

“When issues get resolved in mediation those issues don’t get communicated to future municipalities,” White said. “That’s one of the really big problems that needs to be fixed.”