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Delaware Takes Aim at DuPont Over I-495 Bridge Repair

Don Rush

Delaware environmental officials have sent violation notices out to DuPont Company and Alma Properties LLC for illegally stockpiling soil that damaged the I-495 Bridge across the Christina River in east Wilmington.

This is the first legal move by the state to recover the $45 million price tag for repairing the bridge that was dramatically shutdown after its support columns were found to be titled.

The Wilmington News Journal reports that a DuPont spokesman says that the company strongly disagrees with the action by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.

In addition, the company said it never authorized any of the soil stockpiling.

Emergency repairs on the bridge allowed the southbound lanes to be reopened at the end of July.

The northbound lanes are expected to reopen by Labor Day.

    

 

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.