Posted on 03/27/2024 12:33:55 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday that there’s currently no timeline for when the Port of Baltimore can reopen following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge a day prior.
“Too soon to venture an estimate,” he told reporters during the White House daily press briefing. “The vast majority of the port is inside of that bridge, which means most of it cannot operate.”
Buttigieg, who traveled to Baltimore on Tuesday hours after the collapse, said he is concerned about the local economic impact of the port closure and noted that 8,000 jobs are directly associated with port activities. And, he added, more than $100 million in cargo moves in and out of the port in a day.
“Reopening the port is a different matter from rebuilding the bridge. The port, that’s just a matter of clearing the channel,” he said. “Still no simple thing, but I would expect that can happen on a much quicker timeline than the full reconstruction of the bridge.”
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He’s a retarded Didn’t Earn It, moron.
Get some barges and DREDGE the bridge pieces out of the way to create a path for the ships to dock!
It’s not rocket science but it might as well be for these retards
It can be done for less money and in less time if the government minimizes its involvement.
To be fair - it will take days at least, perhaps a few weeks, to assess the situation and determine the safest and most effective way to clear the wreckage. I despise Booty-Judge, but his statement here, while non-informative, is correct.
Even a stopped clock...
No worries this guy was pick for his wide ranging knowledge of all transportation issues not for any other reason. Oh, and chest feeding.
How dare you call this fruitfly an idiot. This, Lii’ll have you know, is somebody’s mother and wife.
Poor thing, Has trouble sitting down as well!
Our Military can get it cleared in 3 days. Union folks...well...
No worries this guy was picked for his wide ranging knowledge of all transportation issues not for any other reason. Oh, and chest feeding.
Is he still nursing his babies?
Ditto what you said. Go feed the kids Buttie.
Well said.
Even a stopped clock...
Exactly. I used to be an engineer (have a few degrees). They have to determine how tangled the metal is, what impediments might be in the way, do the pieces have to be cut up, and a lot of other things. Giving an estimate on a time frame now would be speculation at best.
US military does not have the heavy lift (1,000 ton and more) floating cranes needed. Only some salvage companies have the needed cranes; they are likely working jobs somewhere in the world, not in the US & would have to make a sea voyage to begin.
Is this a federal issue? Didn’t it happen on a city/state road?
Oh to add: A rescue diver friend of mine told me visibility is about nil in those waters. Another complication...
My understanding is because it involves a major waterway the feds have jurisdiction, too. Also falls under the Commerce Clause.
There may be some offshore oil companies down south that could handle it pretty well, but Baltimore couldn’t afford them. Hopefully it won’t be a full on clown show, but that’s what I’m expecting. Look at the clown that was the basis of this thread.
It will be interesting to see what they do in the short term. My uneducated guess is that they cut in to smaller pieces that can be partially floated and drag the pieces of the bridge away from the channel.
This advice is free by the way. Worth much more for sure.
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