Nearly 1,000 plaintiffs have filed lawsuits saying Skanska was negligent in its actions before the hurricane because it didn't follow its own hurricane plan to move the barges to a safe location. Those cases are ongoing in state and federal court.
Consistent with the requirements within the construction contract with Skanska, FDOT will continue to withhold payments of $35,000 per day until four lanes of traffic are restored to the entire southbound span of the Pensacola Bay Bridge.
During the bridge outage, the Garcon Point Bridge has served as the primary detour for traffic between Pensacola and Gulf Breeze. Gov. Ron DeSantis has kept the toll on that bridge lifted since then.