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Governor Dan McKee has welcomed new legislative oversight hearings on the Washington Bridge failure.

State officials will not answer questions about what went wrong to avoid jeopardizing a lawsuit against private companies.

A leaked forensic report identified years of failures by the state and private companies leading to the bridge's deterioration.

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Dan McKee has now told the state's legislative leaders he welcomes a fresh round of "oversight hearings" on the Washington Bridge, but state officials won't be able to answer questions about what went wrong.

McKee sent his letter to House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi and Senate President Valarie Lawson days after they called for a new round of hearings on the leaked findings within a "forensic analysis

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