Murray, at BHCC, Attributes T Problems to Big Dig

Lt. Gov. Tim Murray, while visiting Bunker Hill Community College Wednesday, called the worrying Charlestown residents a legacy of The Big Dig.

The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, Murray said, had been saddled with Big Dig Debts “without having a way to pay for them.”

“Let’s be clear eyed, we’ve got a funding challenge,” Murray said, adding that the state needed to have an “adult conversation” on how to deal with transportation funding in the future.

Murray said he would leave specifics on how the T’s budget crisis should be dealt with—particularly in regard to the —to Richard Davey, head of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

For this year, Murray said, he hopes that the state can work out a “patchwork” plan to minimize cuts. That plan, he noted, may include leftover funds from the .

“[But] mother Nature’s going to determine how much is actually there,” he said.