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Atlantic Avenue Viaduct

Woodcliff Lake Construction Firm Agrees To Pay US $1.87M For Violating RR Bridge Contract Woodcliff Lake Construction Firm Agrees To Pay US $1.87M For Violating RR Bridge Contract
Woodcliff Lake Construction Firm Agrees To Pay US $1.87M For Violating RR Bridge Contract A Woodcliff Lake-based contractor will pay $1.87 million to the U.S. government to resolve charges that it cut corners on a federally-funded contract to build a railroad bridge connecting Queens and Brooklyn. Kiewit Constructors Inc. signed a deal with the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) for work on the mile-and-a-half Atlantic Avenue Viaduct in 2009, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday. Federal funds that were dedicated to “furnishing and installing new steel girders and spans, along with related steelwork,” required the LIRR to mandate that its contractors hire subcontractors certified…