Failed Region 9 bridge was concrete, Benn says

The collapsed bridge

Works Minister Robeson Benn says that the St Ignatius Bridge, which on May 16 gave way under the weight of a truck which was transporting an excavator, was mostly concrete, even as calls have been made for a transition from the construction of wooden bridges in Region 9 to fully concrete bridges.

Though photos taken of the bridge, as well as eyewitness descriptions suggested that the St Ignatius Bridge was mostly a wooden structure with concrete elements, Benn, when asked if a St Ignatius Bridge remade strictly in concrete would not better serve