Will Squibb Bridge bounce back? Brooklyn officials push for answers
Bouncy Squibb Park Bridge, zig-zagging downward from Brooklyn Heights to Brooklyn Bridge Park, is still out of commission after an entire year, and increasingly impatient local officials are pushing the park to provide an explanation for the delay.
The $5 million pedestrian bridge was closed on Aug. 11, 2014 after the cables supporting it began to sag and the wooden walkway tilted south at the Squibb Park end.
On Aug. 7, state Sen. Daniel Squadron, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon and Councilmember Stephen Levin sent a joint letter to Regina Myer, president of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation (BBPC) requesting answers.
“We are concerned that as we approach the one year anniversary of the bridge’s closure, anticipated reopening dates have continually been pushed back, a reopening timeline has not been firmly established, and no clear explanation for the delay has been provided,” the letter reads in part.