Posted on 03/15/2021 3:11:29 PM PDT by conservative98
The Democratic congressman who reps both sides of the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is calling on the federal government to investigate concerns about the span’s structural integrity.
US Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY), who represents Westchester and Rockland counties, recently wrote a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, asking him to probe claims reported by the Albany Times-Union earlier this month that bridge contractors “covered up” faulty bolts in the $3.9 billion structure.
Jones called on Buttigieg “to open an investigation into these claims and … to work with the New York state Department of Transportation to ensure proper inspections are conducted to assure the public of the safety of the bridge,” the Times-Union reported.
“It is key to the economic success of the region and critical to the livelihood of my constituents, many thousands of whom use the bridge to commute to and from work,” the freshman congressman wrote.
“I urge you to immediately begin a thorough and transparent investigation in coordination with the New York Department of Transportation into the structural integrity of the bridge and address any concerns about its safety.”
The upstate newspaper’s investigation alleged that Tappan Zee Constructors, the four-company consortium tasked with building the bridge, attempted to hide dozens of broken bolts from state authorities.
Whistleblower James McNall — who worked for a subcontractor on the project — alleged the engineer in charge of assembling the span’s girders “directed that a laborer be assigned to monitor the assembly bays and quickly discard any broken bolts into a metal scrap bin before the state’s inspectors would notice.”
An outside bridge expert hired by McNall, meanwhile, found “the volume of bolt failures on the bridge to be unprecedented and highly alarming,” the Times-Union reported.
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ButtEdgeEdge and “Probe” in the same headline?
Interesting choice of words considering it’s about mayor Pete
He’ll hop right on this and give an in-depth response
he’ll get to the bottom of this
They want Pete Buttigieg to probe a highway that does not adhere to the natural laws of nature? Hmm...
“Faulty Bolts”? Wow, they’re really getting creative.
Bootyplug as Transportation Secretary? Well surely he’s familiar with Bosco Blvd and the Hershey highway🤔😖
Faulty Bolts - the prequel to Faulty Towers.
No one is more deserving of a vigorous probing by Buttgiggity than the Godfather...
Buttgig was unsuccessful at running a small city. How is he in any was qualified to run the Transportation Department??
I thought he plays tight end on the team with lots of receptions...
Pete loves anal probes.
I am sure it will be fine. Constructed with the finest materials with no nepotism or corruption at all. Fat Tony would be proud.
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OMG! I saw that too.
Is it a male bridge?
What is it about Northeast Governors and Bridges.
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