President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says that the ‘flaw’ in the design of the Cabagan-Santa Maria bridge in Isabela along with overloaded trucks passing through, caused part of the bridge to collapse.
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00:00President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says that the flaw in the design of the Cabagan-Santa Maria
00:05Bridge in Isabela, along with overloaded trucks passing through, caused part of the bridge
00:10to collapse.
00:11The ending of this bridge is a design flaw.
00:18It is a design flaw.
00:19The design is wrong."
00:21Marcos points out that the bridge was meant to be a suspension bridge, but it doesn't
00:25have cables for support.
00:27Marcos says the original project cost was 1.8 billion pesos, but it was reduced to less
00:32than 1 billion pesos to save money.
00:34When asked who should be held responsible for the damage, the president blames those
00:38in charge of the bridge's design.
00:40He adds that overloaded trucks should not have been allowed to cross the bridge.
00:45Marcos also says a more detailed design is being worked on, and the entire bridge will
00:50need to be retrofitted again.