Estimated $137-billion hydroelectric project, which would be three times larger than China's Three Gorges Dam, has raised serious concerns on seismic risk and flooding from environmentalists and neighboring countries.
Former MTA Capital Construction chief navigated challenges both technical and political to guide completion of billions of dollars in projects to keep millions of city residents and visitors moving.
Officials don't want COVID-19 to sidetrack a key economic driver, but western megaproject sites are sending workers home. Confirmed cases rose on March 22 to 1,302 from 1,099 a day earlier.