Getting your player ready...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Scheduled for completion in 2013 at a projected cost of $6.3 billion, the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is the largest public- works project in state history.
Yet a Sacramento Bee investigation has found that the state Department of Transportation (Caltrans) technician who conducted tests to ensure structural integrity of the span’s foundation was later disciplined for fabricating test results on other projects. The technician, Duane Wiles, also did not verify that his testing gauge was operating properly.
Although Caltrans says the bridge is safe, the findings raise questions about its structural integrity that are not easy to answer.
