A report warned the state about the Washington Bridge in 2015. Why was nothing done?

Nearly a decade before the westbound Washington Bridge was hastily closed to avoid collapse, the engineering firm the state hired to study it found structural problems and called for repairs. 

But many, and possibly most, of the key repairs recommended by engineering firm AECOM in a 2014-2015 evaluation of the bridge were unaddressed by the time the bridge was closed Dec. 11, 2023. 

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