I don’t know what the Port Authority could or should have done to correct the operation of the ship that lost propulsion while entering the harbor nor do I know the makeup of the Port Authority Board, but my first reaction was to remember the Levee Board in New Orleans pre-Katrina. As I recall, the Board in NOLA had notoriously failed to maintain the levees, choosing to spend much of the monies intended for that purpose on lavish Board meetings in exotic, Caribbean locations.
I wonder if the responsibility for protecting the structure of the bridge falls into this category?
Time will tell.
Or not.
“I wonder if the responsibility for protecting the structure of the bridge falls into this category?”
...Blame the stationary object?