Bay Bridge welding case losses from ContraCosta Times

Some wise words on the Bay Bridge welding scandal...

"No matter the outcome of the Bay Bridge welding case, the public gets hurt. If the welders who say shoddy workmanship has been accepted and even encouraged turn out to be genuine, the loss is obvious. That finding will be financially costly at this stage in building the new eastern span of the bridge, but it could have been even more costly if a cover-up continued. Lives would have been at stake. Somewhere in the future a section of the Bay Bridge crumbling would have undoubtedly been deadly.

These whistle-blowing welders will be heroes, if they have prevented tragedy. We will be left with a sickening realization that some people would chance the safety of millions, including probably their family's for generations to come. And for what? To save money now, money that will be spent multiple times over for new repairs. The lack of concern for the many and the future in such a scenario is appalling."

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