For Amtrak to build a tunnel in Baltimore, Luigi Rosa needs to be a bridge. Rosa brings decades of building high-speed rail to his role leading the construction of Amtrak’s Frederick Douglass Tunnel under West Baltimore. But he’s learning that the job requires more than engineering expertise.
Not only is he navigating fierce community resistance to a project that will disrupt neighborhoods for years, he’s responsible for a $6 billion project proudly funded by the previous federal administration only to face skepticism by the current one.
