Probe of Isabela bridge collapse pushed
Deputy Minority Leader France Castro on Sunday called for a congressional probe to determine accountability at all levels of government, not only of low-level personnel, for the collapse of the Cabagan-Sta. Maria Bridge in Isabela.
Castro alleged that corruption and substandard materials, not just negligence, could have caused the collapse of the newly retrofitted infrastructure. “It is alarming that a P1.22-billion bridge that was just retrofitted on Feb. 1 has already collapsed.
This is not a simple accident or mere negligence.
We need to examine the possibility of corruption and substandard materials,” she pointed out.
The Cabagan-Sta. Maria Bridge, which took over ten years to complete, collapsed when a dump truck carrying over 100 tons of quarried stones crossed despite the bridge’s 40-ton weight limit and resulted in the injury of eight persons.
