Brooklyn Bridge Park commits to pursuing $700,000 cost to repair ‘bouncy’ Squibb Bridge
Will issue public report;Bridge to reopen in late spring
Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) confirmed it will pursue the recovery of the roughly $700,000 it will cost to repair disabled Squibb Park Bridge, the bouncy pedestrian walkway that connects Squibb Park to the waterfront park.
Park officials also confirmed that they will issue a report to the public “at the appropriate time” about what caused the bridge to fail so soon after opening.
The $5 million footbridge, which zig-zags to the park from Brooklyn Heights, was shut down on Aug. 11 after the cables supporting it began to sag and the wooden walkway tilted south at the Squibb Park end.