Many people have asked how the bridge collapse could happen, and have challenged the civic processes that safeguard public safety. Months later, as the bridge rebuilding process proceeds, community members seek to stay involved in a public process that does not normally attract citizen scrutiny.

Web sites that can help provide information on Community topics include:

1. University Metropolitan Consortium
    
2. The Project for Public Spaces
    
3. City of Minneapolis: (River) http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/minneapolisrebuilds/environmental_checks.asp and http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/minneapolisrebuilds/
    
4. Minnesota Governor's office: Executive order declaring a peacetime emergency
    
5. Minnesota Legislature: Archived televised legislative hearings on bridge collapse
    
6. Documents from August 15 public Legislative Hearings
    
7. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
    
8. Twin Cities Daily Planet