WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The lawsuit over a months long shutdown in 2014 of an interstate bridge in Delaware that the then-U.S. Transportation Secretary called "a national issue" may be coming to a resolution.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that Delaware Department of Transportation attorney Bradley S. Eaby announced last week that DuPont and three other firms had reached a deal with the state over the emergency bridge repairs. DelDOT spokesman C.R. McLeod declined to disclose the settlement details until it becomes final. The department sought $89 million in a civil complaint filed last year.
DelDOT officials said mounds of dirt placed next to the highway bridge caused the concrete support columns to lean and rotate. The dirt sat on land owned by DuPont and Alma, and leased by Keogh Contracting Company and Port Contractors Inc.
