Comments on: Pensacola Bay Bridge Barge Damage Worse Than First Thought

By: Merlin

Merlin — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:51:24 +0000

It is a tragedy that this happened! I work for a construction company . We always as soon a a storm hits the gulf start preparing. That consist of moving barges inland and securing the barges with cables and ropes. Barges without spuds are surrounded by barge with spuds. It looks like a floating island when done. Really the money that would have been spent on the preparation would have been much cheaper than what this is going to cost. Poor planning on the company’s part!

By: ktk

ktk — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:10:43 +0000

I am an active Florida Professional Engineer since 1989, working as a private-sector design consultant to the FDOT.
I previously served the FDOT as Design Project Manager on two major bascule bridge replacements (crossing the Intracoastal Waterway), including construction-phase services as the Owner’s (FDOT) representative.
Any project like the Pensacola Bay Bridge has regular weekly construction meetings between the contractor, the FDOT, their representatives, and local stakeholders.
And during Hurricane Season, the agenda for every meeting includes a “Tropical Update”.
The entire Pensacola Bay Bridge team knew the storm was coming (and slowly), and the entire team is to blame.
But especially the FDOT.
It is almost every year now that the FDOT experiences some kind of structural disaster.
And each time, the FDOT purports to implement new and improved procedure(s), such that “a disaster like this never happens again”.
Unfortunately for our citizens and taxpayers, the FDOT never learns from its own costly mistakes.

By: Dluns Megus

Dluns Megus — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:17:36 +0000

Will — poster baby for Trump Derangement Syndrome.

(But he’s right at least about the poor quality of the surface of the bridge. I can judge that — I drove across it. I’m no more qualified than Will is to judge anything else, not being a civil engineer with bridge building experience.)

By: ken f

ken f — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:06:09 +0000

didn’t like this bridge the first time i drove across it coming northbound into pensacola. the angle of the bridge in places was scary. poor workmanship from the start. skanska needs to be held responsible and pay for damages, not the taxpayers.

By: Facetious Democrat

Facetious Democrat — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 03:46:53 +0000

Nobody better tell me to get a generator or to prune or remove the trees around my house. The Democrats will take care of me, or, at least they said they would.

By: Fluffy B. Oregon

Fluffy B. Oregon — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:22:08 +0000

Florida is not naive to Hurricanes. 90 mph is nothing. Why was this barge not towed into a safe harbor before the storm hit? It was a slow mover. FDOT had lots of time to get their act together for them to get with the contractors to move the barge. The contractors should be held liable for the damage & replacement at their cost, not the cost of Floridians. They should be forced into paying Pensacola residents for their loss & any costs to ferry services and toll fees waived until fully replaced.

By: Liltweettweet

Liltweettweet — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:07:27 +0000

Lol

By: MR REALITY

MR REALITY — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:37:50 +0000

what kind of a clown is trying to blame this on TRUMP!!!!?

By: MR REALITY

MR REALITY — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:36:40 +0000

so now most of you are road builders…>JEEEEEMOOONETTTTTYYYYYYY..>The road has to have SLOPE on it so the WATER CAN RUN OFF SO OUR DRIVERS WONT HYDROPLANE…The NEW gridge was AWESOME! It carries cars FOLKS not giant barges from underneath SLAMMING INTO IT. o mean the ignorance after this storm SAD!!!!!

By: DDD

DDD — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:31:20 +0000

Will…Really? Now the bridge construction is President Trump’s fault? And you found yourself fit to lecture imbecile? Obama was an abysmal failure. I will ensure I vote to negate your biden vote.