Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that federal officials are still working to come up with a cost estimate to rebuild the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
In this image taken from video released by the National Transportation and Safety Board, the cargo ship Dali is stuck under part of the structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the ship hit the bridge, Tuesday, March 26, …said Wednesday that federal officials are still working to come up with a cost estimate to rebuild the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
“We don’t have dollar estimates yet, but we have provisions that allow us to begin releasing funding even while that is being determined,” Mr.said Tuesday that the federal government will pay “the entire cost” to rebuild the bridge after it was struck by a container ship, causing it to fall into the Patapsco River.
He also ordered his team to move quickly to get funding available to reopen the bridge as quickly as possible.said the Department of Transportation will immediately process an emergency funding request that has come in from state officials in Maryland. He said it is also too soon to offer a time frame on when the bridge could be rebuilt.
said. But he declined to say what penalties could be imposed. Some lawmakers have called for fining the cargo ship’s owner, Singapore-based Grace Ocean Private Ltd, and using the funds to help rebuild the bridge.“I think our emphasis and the president’s goal is to make sure that that process is not something we have to wait for in order to support Maryland with the funds that they need,” Mr.
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