Kris Kolluri, the CEO of the Gateway Development Commission, submitted his resignation July 18. In the role, Kolluri has been leading the $16.1-billion Hudson Tunnel Project and $1.7-billion North Portal Bridge on the Northeast Corridor rail line between Newark, N.J., and New York City. Kolluri’s resignation is effective Aug. 16.

In his resignation letter to Gateway’s board of commissioners, Kolluri highlighted the team’s successes in the two years since he was appointed to the role with the recommendations of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Gateway completed contracting for several pieces of the tunnel project, started construction on both sides of the river and recently secured the final piece of funding for the work with a record $6.9-billion capital investment grant from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA).