The Reeve of the rural municipality of Clayton says the bridge that collapsed six hours after it opened was built without having geotechnical investigation done on the riverbed it stood on. "I don't know who to blame but I figure God built most of this for us." It's being sort of penny-wise and pound-foolish by not doing the geotechnical investigation. Geotechnical investigation not done, Reeve saidHicks said a geotechnical study of the riverbed wasn't done before the bridge was built. It's being sort of penny-wise and pound-foolish by not doing the geotechnical investigation," he said.

Source: CBC News September 20, 2018 16:52 UTC