Grand jury investigates allegations that Bay Bridge welders concealed faulty welds
The Bay Bridge welding saga continues...This will be interesting to watch.
Caltrans has handed over hundreds of thousands of pages of records to a federal grand jury, which is investigating allegations that welders concealed faulty welds on the new Bay Bridge.
The federal subpoena of Caltrans documents was first reported on April 8, but records obtained Thursday under the California Public Records Act show for the first time the role of a federal grand jury and the wide net cast by investigators.
In addition to 330,000 state welding inspection records, federal prosecutors are seeking numerous Bay Bridge contract documents, payroll records from prime contractor KFM Joint Venture, Caltrans personnel records and a variety of correspondence to and from "inspectors and officials involved in the welding process." Prosecutors want records back to the 2002 start of the $1.5 billion job to build a concrete skyway. Welding records fill 80 boxes and three metal construction huts.
Caltrans has handed over hundreds of thousands of pages of records to a federal grand jury, which is investigating allegations that welders concealed faulty welds on the new Bay Bridge.
The federal subpoena of Caltrans documents was first reported on April 8, but records obtained Thursday under the California Public Records Act show for the first time the role of a federal grand jury and the wide net cast by investigators.
In addition to 330,000 state welding inspection records, federal prosecutors are seeking numerous Bay Bridge contract documents, payroll records from prime contractor KFM Joint Venture, Caltrans personnel records and a variety of correspondence to and from "inspectors and officials involved in the welding process." Prosecutors want records back to the 2002 start of the $1.5 billion job to build a concrete skyway. Welding records fill 80 boxes and three metal construction huts.
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