TriMet Faces a $10 Million Lawsuit For Flawed Construction Work
TriMet is facing a $10 million lawsuit from the city of Portland, Oregon, for alleged deeply flawed work on a streetcar track, leaving it with major structural defects that could cost the city millions in repairs.
Oregon Public Broadcasting reported the suit says the transit agency failed to properly manage the construction of the city-owned platform near the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
The transit agency’s California-based contractor, Stacy and Witbeck, Inc., a firm hired by TriMet to make fixes to the Southeast Portland platform, is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit. The suit alleges the company failed to “perform the work in a professional and workmanlike manner” and supervise subcontractors, leading to cracks in part of the platform and other foundational flaws.
