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Mackinac Bridge Recent Bomb Threats Prompt A Security Check
After two recent security threats caused the Mackinac Bridge to close down, a new assessment on the safety of the bridge is being questioned by state officials, lawmakers as well as the Michigan State Police.
A full-scale physical assessment is scheduled for the bridge before the end of the year, according to the Mackinac Bridge Authority, as well as the Homeland Department of Security.
This wouldn't be the first time the bridge has been assessed. In two previous years, the bridge had a look over. There were event-specific assessments that needed to be done on the bridge, one back in 2005, the other back in 2010.
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“We cannot fully eliminate risk — we can do our best to minimize risk, we can do our best to minimize the impact caused by some of these incidents,” Michigan State Police Lt. Colonel Chris Kelenske told lawmakers.. “But it’s constantly changing and evolving...that is why we’re redoing this assessment to make sure that there aren’t any current gaps that need to be addressed.”
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