PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The National Transportation Safety Board has now issued 4 urgent recommendations on bridges in Oregon and nationwide in the wake of the deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore.
Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy says Maryland authorities could have and should have prevented the incident but failed to conduct risk assessments over the last three decades.
The Key Bridge’s pier protection system hadn’t been updated since it was built in 1977, which means it was designed when cargo ships were much smaller…