Seven Engineers Suspended After $2.3M Bridge Includes 90-Degree Turn

So they didn't spot this 'problem' in the design review?

That's who should be fired.

I'm sure they did, but that was the only way to check all the boxes. It still fulfills its purpose, albeit badly for this particular bit. It's classic "users will work around it" mindset; 75% of the project is still fine!

... check all the boxes. It still fulfills its purpose ...

No, you can't pass 300,000 a day when they have to slow down for that turn.

I immediately thought about the innumerable versions of this comic: https://imgflip.com/i/4uhwsx

They probably did?

After you commission a project, you don't micromanage it, you assume that the professionals you hand it to can do it better than you.

Should the politician who assigned the contract be fired too? How about the public who voted for them and didn't say anything while the bridge was being built?

The blame's gotta stop somewhere.

They underestimated the power of public backlash on social media.

It stops with whoever was responsible for signing-off the final design, and that must have been the local government authority.

So yes, ultimately the politician(s) should be taking this one. Certainly not the engineers, who it seems had to work around conflicting and shifting requirements, quite likely objecting at every step.