The Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday that demolition work on the westbound span of the Washington Bridge has been paused.
'The goal is to be able to continue demolition as swiftly as possible while ensuring important evidence is preserved,' the attorney general's office said in a statement on pausing Washington Bridge demolitionobtained a statement from the McKee Administration and the Attorney General's Office, saying,"The engineers for RIDOT, in cooperation with the state’s legal team, have reached the point in the demolition of the Washington Bridge where work must be paused to preserve...
McKee said at the time that the lawsuit seeks to hold accountable those companies responsible for the near-miss catastrophic closure of the bridge and to recover the significant resources required to rebuild the bridge and compensate the state. In the lawsuit, the state argues that the companies failed to timely and adequately identify worsening structural issues that ultimately led to the sudden and unexpected closure of the bridge.
During the demolition and construction of the new bridge, the state is rerouting six lanes of traffic — three in each direction — on the eastbound bridge structure. initially wreaked havoc on traffic, turning a 40- to 45-minute drive into several hours, stranding commuters for hours and sending others veering off their normal path. Some schools closed and held classes remotely.
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