In their winning 2015 proposal, designers said the bridge provided “spectacular views” for both pedestrians using the bridge and drivers passing beneath it. When the bridge collapsed, the project was already running about $2.6 million over its $9.4 million initial budget, cost-tracking documents from February show. “This … places the current location of the pylon in conflict with the extra travel lane and would require bridge design modifications,” Alfred Reyna, a transportation department employee working on the bridge project, wrote in an email. According to documents, initial costs for the new design were $204,540, with another $402,723 for construction changes. MCM collaborated with Tallahassee-based FIGG Bridge Design on the bridge project, which also declined comment.

Source: National Post March 20, 2018 20:15 UTC