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On Tuesday, Oakland North was in Rockridge listening to casual carpoolers talk about the closure of the Bay Bridge. Did it forced them to stay home? Seek other modes of transportation?
Oakland as a future soccer World Cup host, racial disparity in the awarding of city contracts, and a possible teen youth center in West Oakland were among the discussion items at Oakland’s City Council meeting Tuesday night.
The Bay Bridge re-opened on Monday morning after six days of closure, due to a failed tie rod that caused an additional tie-rod and a cross bar to fall onto the bridge’s upper deck.
Caltrans has opened the Bay Bridge and traffic is moving steadily in both directions.
Golden Gate residents hear officials from Oakland’s Redevelopment Agency explain how becoming part of a city redevelopment area could change the neighborhood.
Bridge failures have become a growing concern in recent years due to funding shortfalls, faulty materials and increased traffic flows.
Caltrans is working through the night to repair the Bay Bridge, replacing and enhancing the steel rod structures which loosened and fell across two lanes of traffic on Tuesday evening.
BART expanded services tonight and ran extra trains while ongoing repairs shut down the Bay Bridge.
Caltrans crews worked through the night to begin repairing a section of the Bay Bridge that collapsed onto the upper deck last night. The upper and lower levels have both been closed to traffic and a construction team is currently working on the bridge.