john fungi, central subway program director. the t-line has benefited from over 20 years of planning initiated with the motorman did in 1989, at th. the central subway is one of the four corridor that has entered into design and construction. finally, the reaffirmation of the efforts established in the late 1980's and 1990's with the passage of proposition k, which was approved by 75% of the voters and issue with a 30-year transportation expenditure plan. the t-line, which encompasses phase 1 -- which is an operation as the 2007 -- and the extension of its e-line initiative with an environmental review in 1999. program has had 350 community meetings where the various questions that were asked have been answered, and dealing with the alignment to the depth of the alignment, transportation community that the line will serve. has gone through extensive review that began in 1999 and concluded with the planning approval in december 2008, and finally nepa approval from the federal government in november 2008. the key steps to the cent