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Harbor Bridge contractor pledges to address safety concerns

September 7, 2022

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In early August, the agency warned that the new span has design flaws so significant that “the bridge would collapse under certain load conditions” if it were finished per the current design. It cited an earlier independent review of the project that identified a series of design and construction flaws.

Although Flatiron/Dragados had initially questioned why Texas DOT allowed so much of the bridge to be built even though it had identified problems much earlier, in the Aug. 28 letter the contractors committed “to do whatever needs to be done” to get the project done. The joint venture has proposed solutions to the safety issues and the Texas DOT is currently reviewing them.

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