By Lisa Vorderbrueggen
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 07/09/2013 05:35:24 PM PDT
Updated: 07/09/2013 08:41:40 PM PDTOAKLAND — Taxpayers looking to place blame for the missteps behind the catastrophic failure of steel bolts on the new Bay Bridge will find plenty of targets in a blistering 102-page report unveiled this week and on the table for debate at a public meeting Wednesday.
Caltrans, bridge contractor American Bridge/Fluor Enterprises and consulting engineers at T.Y. Lin International/Moffatt & Nichol all made decisions that led to the fracture of the large anchor rods in key seismic stabilizers, the Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee concluded after its investigation.
As a result, the bridge opening has been delayed for weeks or months while the engineers and contractor bolster the broken bolts with an (…)
