Brooklyn Bridge Park is suing the engineering firm HNTB Corp. over 6$ million who designed the bouncy bridge that was supposed to connect Brooklyn Heights to Brooklyn Bridge Park.
““The Bridge design was defective. The Bridge was unstable and became deformed. The defective design of the Bridge endangered the public. As a result of HNTB’s contractual and professional failures, the Bridge had to be closed and repaired, at great cost to BBP and the public. This action seeks to recover these costs,” the filing said.
Park officials have since fired HNTB and hired a new engineer ARUP, which will be working with the Department of Transportation’s Division of Bridges on a plan to stabilize Squibb Park Bridge, a Brooklyn Bridge Park spokesperson said.
There is no information at this point when they will be able to reopen the bridge or possibly have to build a completely new bridge.
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