Mass. "Big Dig" chair to step down after collapse
Posted on: Thursday, 27 July 2006, 07:56 CDT
BOSTON (Reuters) - The embattled director of Boston's "Big Dig" tunnel program said on Thursday he was resigning his post, effective August 15, a spokesman for Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said.
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Chairman Matthew Amorello has been under heavy criticism since a three-ton slab of tunnel ceiling tore loose on July 10, killing a 38-year-old woman and forcing the closure of the 7.8-mile tunnel system.
Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney's spokesman, told reporters that Amorello would step down. Officials at the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority did not immediately respond to phone calls for comment. The move came hours before a hearing was scheduled in which Romney planned to try to remove Amorello from office.
Source: REUTERS
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