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Title: Bad bolts in new TZ bridge
Post by: hbelkins on April 20, 2020, 09:58:28 AM
https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-mario-cuomo-bridge-failing-bolts-cover-up-scandal-2018-12?fbclid=IwAR1R0XGlhxfPJsAdTeNHYmZmydQNHcaIl9GTSzMXjG8bVQLRuRGRKlLfuN0

Cue the "There is no Mario Cuomo Bridge, capice?" guy...
Title: Re: Bad bolts in new TZ bridge
Post by: Rothman on April 20, 2020, 11:58:54 AM
So...they caught the issue and are fixing it.
Title: Re: Bad bolts in new TZ bridge
Post by: jeffandnicole on April 20, 2020, 03:01:18 PM
I'm a little unsure about this article.  Are they saying that "engineers" (and not normal construction workers) turned off all the lights from the bridge, ignored every OSHA and safety policy put into place, and quietly replaced bolts without telling a single soul?

Or did they simply do some general bridge work after detecting an issue? 

Did someone decide to sound an alarm on this that may or may not needed to be sounded?
Title: Re: Bad bolts in new TZ bridge
Post by: cl94 on April 21, 2020, 11:22:04 AM
You realize this article is from a year and a half ago, right?
Title: Re: Bad bolts in new TZ bridge
Post by: SteveG1988 on April 21, 2020, 04:50:09 PM
Sounds like a political hitjob, bringing it up in 2020.
Title: Re: Bad bolts in new TZ bridge
Post by: hotdogPi on April 21, 2020, 04:53:09 PM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on April 21, 2020, 04:50:09 PM
Sounds like a political hitjob, bringing it up in 2020.

The people working on the bridge are engineers, not politicians. It's not like Cuomo (either one) was actually involved with the bridge construction.
Title: Re: Bad bolts in new TZ bridge
Post by: SteveG1988 on April 21, 2020, 05:45:40 PM
Quote from: 1 on April 21, 2020, 04:53:09 PM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on April 21, 2020, 04:50:09 PM
Sounds like a political hitjob, bringing it up in 2020.

The people working on the bridge are engineers, not politicians. It's not like Cuomo (either one) was actually involved with the bridge construction.

I mean bringing up an old article in 2020 being the hit piece.
Title: Re: Bad bolts in new TZ bridge
Post by: hbelkins on April 22, 2020, 02:08:48 PM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on April 21, 2020, 05:45:40 PM
Quote from: 1 on April 21, 2020, 04:53:09 PM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on April 21, 2020, 04:50:09 PM
Sounds like a political hitjob, bringing it up in 2020.

The people working on the bridge are engineers, not politicians. It's not like Cuomo (either one) was actually involved with the bridge construction.

I mean bringing up an old article in 2020 being the hit piece.

I saw it on my Facebook feed, but can't remember where it originated.
Title: Re: Bad bolts in new TZ bridge
Post by: Alps on April 22, 2020, 02:35:24 PM
Since this is an old, dead topic, I'm going to lock it.