The village of Palmetto Bay confirmed that a special council meeting will be held this week after officials learned that one of the companies involved in the FIU pedestrian bridge collapse was awarded the 87th Avenue bridge contract.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Fla. – Munilla Construction Management was one of the companies behind the deadly Florida International University’s pedestrian bridge collapse. Daniel Munilla, the president of the family-owned company, said he wrestles with what could have been done differently to prevent the March 15, 2018 tragedy. “We wish we would have done more.”Munilla said they were aware of a crack in the structure that January. We were assured by a world-renowned designer that it wasn’t a safety concern,” Munilla said. Now with several major projects ongoing, the company is adding safety policies as it works to earn community trust.