The bridge crossing the Siret river between the communes of Sagna and Lutca in Romania was inaugurated last fall after repair works that cost about RON 8 million.
According to Digi24, Neamt County Council president Ionel Arsene assured at the inauguration that the bridge passed the strength tests and "will no longer be a problem for traffic participants."
The Ministry of Development in an statement said that the collapsed bridge could not be put into use yet because, formally, the reception report was not sent at the end of the works. The bridge was thus opened for traffic before the deadline.
According to local news agencies, the owner of the company that carried out the rehabilitation works at the bridge from Lutca said that its team complied with the project and no intervention was made on the bridge’s resistance structure.
The prosecutors opened two in rem criminal investigations in this case: for culpable bodily harm and for abuse of office. In this second case, investigators will determine how the bridge was rehabilitated.
