In early August 2022, Texas DOT warned that the project had design flaws so significant that “the bridge would collapse under certain load conditions” if it were finished per the current design. It cited a 2020 independent review that had identified a series of design and construction flaws, as well as the contractors’ “lack of responsiveness” to its concerns first raised in April.
Flatiron/Dragados, however, said its design work is “fully compliant with the terms of the comprehensive development agreement” and questioned why Texas DOT had allowed so much of the bridge to be built even though it had identified problems much earlier.
