Commuter inconvenience only most immediate after cable snaps
(NEWSER) - Today’s revelation that high winds caused a recent repair to come undone and shut down the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for 24 hours—and counting—has area commuters worried not only for their safety but also about how well state officials are spending tax dollars in the ongoing construction of a second span. That project, begun after the 1989 earthquake, was supposed to be done by 2004 for $1.3 billion; that ETA is now 2013, for $7.2 billion. More»
