From the story: A Democratic House committee chairwoman is upset with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials for refusing to release numerical inspection scores for 54 steel deck truss bridges in Pennsylvania.
Rep. Babette Josephs, D-Philadelphia, wants state Transportation Secretary Allen Biehler to come before her committee today and explain the numerical scores -- ranging from a low of 0 (meaning very poor condition) to a high of 9 (excellent) -- for each steel truss bridge, the same design used for the Minneapolis Interstate 35W bridge that collapsed last week. Read more….
Wow, this is a first - Rep. Josephs and I agree.
Update from press release: PennDOT Secretary Refuses To Testify Before House State Government Committee on Public's Right to Know About Bridges.
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