Decked out: Controversy over Verrazano Bridge construction
Hit the deck!
State Senator Diane Savino and Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis are asking the MTA to reconsider its decision to use Chinese steel in the upcoming Verrazano Bridge deck replacement.
The MTA made a deal with Tudor Perini Corp., an American contractor, to replace the concrete upper roadway of the bridge with a lighter steel deck, in a five-year, $235.7 million contract. In turn, the contractor hired China Railway Shanhaiguan Bridge Group to fabricate the steel from steel plate acquired from Angang Steel Group, the second-largest steelmaker in China.