In its letter, the commission said the allegations of conflict-of-interest violations “have been disproven.”The rail authority declined to comment on the decision. He was suspended at the time at the request of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. The matter involved allegations that Hill signed a $51-million change order for the construction team led by the Spanish firm Dragados. Before joining WSP, Hill was a longtime senior executive at CH2M in Europe, where he worked on a broad range of infrastructure projects, according to his resume. It is unclear from his disclosure form whether he owned the Jacobs stock before the merger.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 13, 2020 01:18 UTC