Lawsuit Blocks Start of Work on Bridge
From Staff and Wire Reports
The city and port have hired a private security guard to block Caltrans contractors from the planned staging site for the first section of the new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
The legal dispute over who owns 52 acres of waterfront came to a head Friday when Oakland city and port officials sued state and federal transportation agencies.
Oakland is seeking an injunction prohibiting Caltrans’ Bay Bridge contractor from using the land and a pier at Burma Road.
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