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Last Friday, the Throgs Neck Bridge was shut down due to a three-alarm fire that started on construction scaffolding beneath the bridge. Now the FDNY says the fire was started by a construction worker's blow torch: Newsday reports, "Work being performed under the bridge at the time of the blaze is part of a reconstruction project to replace about 140,000 square feet of roadway deck at the Queens approach." The contractor, E.E. Cruz & Co., a NJ company also doing work at Ground Zero, did not comment. The 48-year-old bridge's Queens-bound lanes are open while only two Bronx-bound lanes are open.
Throgs Neck Bridge Fire Caused By Blow Torch
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It's the same media that NEVER mentioned Muslims' hatred of Israel as a possible motive for 9/11.
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I'm curious to see whether this will turn into a union (lazy) vs. non-union (incompetent) argument; it' hard to tell which is which here.
You also neglect to mention that this work was subcontracted by E.E. Cruz to some other group. I'm not sure if E.E. cruz violated any terms of its contract by sub-contracting portions of the work. If they are allowed to do so, I wonder if they are required to notify the MTA (or PA?) and document such actions?
There is so much procedural oversight on government work that it's inconceivable that Cruz--a well-established firm in heavy civil construction in the NYC area--would get away with subbing out work they were contractually required to self-perform, let alone even attempt such a gambit.
This really isn't a question of union or non-union. Safety management systems can be poorly implemented and workers can be careless on just about any job. And even if management is running a tight ship and emphasizing safety at every stage of the process, and the workers are well trained, properly equipped, conscientious/competent, things can still go wrong.
Hope the traffic situation clears up - seriously, it's torture coming home from Nassau to Queens every day since this happened.
The RFK and Whitesone has been hell in traffic. The throgs neck has been really good.