The executive director, and manager, of the west side highway project is Lowell Bridwell, formerly the federal highway administrator in Washington. The project staff is drawn from Bridwell’s firm, systems design concepts, inc., and from the staff of some of the principal consultants to the project. Such as the engineers, parsons, brinckerhoff. Quade and douglas. The urban development corporation has provided additional staff, and six members of the urban design group have been seconders of the urban design group have been seconded to the project. Alexander cooper, in addition to his duties as the city’s director of urban design, is the director of the west side highway co-ordinating office. Which is a mayoral office that oversees the relationships between the city’s agencies and the west side highway project. And articulates policy for the city.