STATEMENT ON THRUWAY AUTHORITY FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST TAPPEN ZEE CONSTRUCTORS, LLC (TZC)

For Immediate Release: 08/22/24
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STATEMENT ON THRUWAY AUTHORITY FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST TAPPEN ZEE CONSTRUCTORS, LLC (TZC)

Statement attributable to Jennifer Givner, spokesperson for the Thruway Authority:

"The New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA) is committed to ensuring contractor compliance to guarantee the toll payers get what they paid for in the construction of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, which independent experts have confirmed is safe. NYSTA and Tappan Zee Constructors (TZC) have a dispute regarding material compliance of several stay cable anchorage components. NYSTA asserts that these components are not contractually compliant and require remediation. TZC has disagreed and refused to act in accordance with their contract. To ensure contract compliance, NYSTA has filed a lawsuit to recover the costs of evaluation and remediation of these components. Simultaneously, NYSTA has begun the process to retrofit these components, under the guidance of nation-leading experts in material science, engineering and design. NYSTA has also commissioned a full independent safety review of the GMMCB, which determined that the retrofit of the components is necessary to ensure their durability and full service life that toll payers paid for."

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