Bird safety law hampers bridge work, official says

 
BY JIM MYERS - Tulsa World | Published: April 25, 2011   

WASHINGTON — Oklahoma Transportation Secretary Gary Ridley thinks a century-old law passed in part to keep birds from ending up on women’s hats is to blame for delaying a state bridge project.

photo - Gary Ridley, left, Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation, speaks during a field hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure at Oklahoma City Community College. in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) ORG XMIT: OKSO104
Gary Ridley, left, Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation, speaks during a field hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure at Oklahoma City Community College. in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) ORG XMIT: OKSO104

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The veteran transportation official said that was a first for his agency.

But it may be only the beginning, Ridley warned after a recent Senate hearing where he criticized a number of...
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