Well, here in the San Francisco Bay Area we are just recovering from the weeklong closure of the Bay Bridge after some repair work done over Labor Day failed last week. The bridge had been shut down over Labor Day to connect a re-routing section, and during that time they found some cracks in a nearby area. So some emergency bracing was done.
Now you'd think someone would periodically check the repair work, but that would be another of those incorrect assumptions.
No, better to ignore it, and let the 5000 lb brace fall to the roadbed. They were lucky no one was killed. If they keep this up they will rival Boston's Big Dig Fiasco.
Now, why wouldn't Caltrans keep a closer eye on this. Hmmm. Well, it appears Caltrans has better things to do with its money and personnel. Things like,.... oh I don't know, perhaps spending over a quarter of a million dollars sending over 52 Caltrans employees to a 4 day convention at a luxury resort.
Whadya mean there's a billion dollar state deficit?
Link to the news story is below. Thanks to Andy Frazer at www.gorillasites.com for alerting me to this.
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