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Tolman said Romney should have been more aggressive before the accident to take control of the Big Dig from Amorello and the turnpike authority.
"He looked great on TV, but he didn’t do the dirty work of what needed to be done," said Tolman.
Romney never lobbied state lawmakers as hard on the Big Dig as he did on his health care overhaul plan, a cornerstone of his presidential ambitions, Tolman said.
"He didn’t try to roll the boulder up the hill on the Big Dig," said Tolman.
Asked by reporters why he had not moved sooner to take control of the Big Dig, Romney blamed the Legislature for blocking him.
In a 2007 report, the National Transportation Safety Board criticized the MassachusettsTurnpike Authority, designers, inspectors and many of the contractors involved in the Big Dig.
The board said the collapse could have been avoided if designers and construction contractors had considered that the epoxy glue holding support anchors for the ceiling panels could slowly pull away. The NTSB said the turnpike authority contributed to the accident by failing to put in place a timely tunnel inspection program.
Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff in 2008 agreed to pay more than $400 million to settle a lawsuit the state filed over the collapse.
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