ANA reports that the Department of Labour’s commission of inquiry into the Grayston Drive bridge collapse along the M1, which was scheduled to resume at the end of the month, has been postponed again.  

The inquiry, scheduled for 27 March, was postponed to 4 May due to “technical challenges” affecting the proceedings, said presiding inspector Lennie Samuels.  “The postponement and delay is beyond our control and is regretted.  The dates scheduled from 4 May 2017 until 9 June 2017 will continue as scheduled,” he said.  Proceedings were brought to a halt in August last year and postponed to March 2017 after a request from one of the parties for additional information from an expert witness representing Form-Scaff.  The inquiry was set up after the 14 October 2015 collapse of the temporary bridge structure across the M1 near the Grayston Drive off-ramp.  The bridge collapsed onto cars passing underneath.  Two people were killed and 19 others were injured as a result.

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