It could not have come at a worse time. Sunday evening, with traffic at a holiday peak.
The leak of ethylene oxide caused a seven-hour traffic nightmare, not to mention the callout of emergency crews to deal with the situation.
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The Delaware River and Bay Authority wanted the plant’s owners to pay, and they did.
“Croda officials have been extremely responsive to our questions and suggestions regarding the incident that occurred that evening,” DRBA spokesman Jim Salmon told KYW Newsradio, “and when we presented the full accounting of our lost revenue, they responded immediately and reimbursed us for those documented costs.”
It was a total of $142, 610.
The company, in a statement, conceded that making the DRBA whole was “the right thing to do."
Both sides vow to improve communication to make sure this doesn’t happen again.