Apparently he was appointed Chairman in 2002. But I'm not sure if he was part of the Mass Transit Authority in any other capacity before that. The project took 14 years to complete.
More on Matt Amorello
From the photos I have seen, I'm wondering why something weighing several tons would be set in place with adhesives and shoddy tacks. From the pictures, it doesn't seem to serve a purpose but to hide a few pipes. (But I'm no engineer.)
This whole project was milked and juiced by greed it seems. It took so long that things like substandard concrete and crappy ceilings just got slid in while no one was looking... It's a marvel and a mess at the same time.
