We warned you yesterday about emergency repairs the Maryland Transportation Authority announced for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, starting today. WTOP has a bit of an update on the situation for Labor Day travelers. MTA is assigning extra staff members to help with traffic over the long weekend, and will make sure there are enough EZ-Pass and cash toll booths open to accommodate the heavy traffic, though it’s probably still a good idea to find alternate routes to your destination if you can. Asking why the damage to the bolts in the concrete parapet wasn’t found earlier, MTA Secretary John Pocani said, “This is something that’s not detectable through normal inspection procedures and it’s something that has occurred slowly over time,” but that the bridge as a whole is structurally sound.