After a six-month replacement project for the Basin Road Bridge on Route 141, commuters can stop taking the detour. The bridge is reopened after an extended construction period that was initially scheduled to last 45 days.
The Delaware Department of Transportation is suing a bridge designer for errors that sent a bridge project over budget and schedule.
The Delaware 141 bridge finally reopened on Monday after the project ran nearly four months over schedule and $1 million over budget. Agency spokesman C. R. McLeod tells The News Journal of Wilmington that the state blames Philadelphia-based designer McCormick Taylor. The company had no immediate comment when contacted Wednesday by The Associated Press.
Contract documents allege that underestimated costs of materials and the blueprints left out a critical bridge support item as well as the existence of an asbestos-covered conduit buried under a sidewalk.
