Posted on 03/30/2024 7:32:31 AM PDT by Rev M. Bresciani
When I awoke early on Tuesday morning, I was stunned to learn that the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore had collapsed. We are being told that it was a tragic “accident” and that there is no evidence that any foul play was involved. Hopefully that is true. But no matter how it was caused, this tragedy is going to have an enormous impact on U.S. supply chains. And of course this comes at a really bad time, because Houthi missile strikes in the Red Sea and low water levels in the Panama Canal have been putting a tremendous amount of strain on global supply chains recently.
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The port is the federal government’s responsibility, but the bridge is Maryland’s responsibility. At least it would be if everybody obeyed the Constitution.
Don’t worry. Mayor Pete is on it.
“it would be if everybody obeyed the Constitution.”
That ship has sailed
There will be some supply chain disruption but the port will be back in operation as soon as the channel is cleared.
A month at most, probably less.
Correct, unfortunately. Americans were given a gift from God and too many people couldn’t understand why government couldn’t be used for good.
[[The Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is Going To Have An Enormous Impact On U.S.]]
Not as enormous as forcing shipping companies to be “net zero pollution” by 2032
Someone else said...any flow disruption will be rerouted. Very little disruption...more like inconvenience...
I bet Trump could have a new bridge built in less than 6 months
It is my understand that the little rerouting requires a 45 minutes additional travel. They may not be much for a truck that crosses the state or nation, but it’s going to be brutal on the locals. Especially when that 45 minutes will be over an hour with the additional traffic.
Heard the Coasties/Navy are bringing in two cranes to deal with debris in water.
The supply chain will be restored in short order if the government stays the F out of it.
“Not as enormous as forcing shipping companies to be “net zero pollution” by 2032”
Sober and salient point.
This guy loves misery. Old Testament prophets were always foretelling misery and destruction but that was because they were under the Old Covenant of the law.
But today we are under the New Covenant of Grace and the job of today’s prophets are to build up, call near, and comfort (1 Corinthians 14:3).
I live in Atlanta. It was incredible how fast they got I85 rebuilt after the collapse. The Feds (Trump) gave huge incentives in the contract for finishing early, and they did.
There are so many bureaucratic entities involved.
The federal government is involved with the port the state of Maryland is involved with the bridge.
But I also see that on the map , that the bridge started within the city limits of Baltimore , but also traveled through Baltimore County, which is a separate jurisdiction from Baltimore City.
But then was the bridge part of an interstate highway? If so then perhaps the federal government gets involved with reconstruction?
And within the federal government, there are various agencies involved ,including the EPA , which is going to have to ask for environmental impact studies to be done.
Exactly. I remember that railroad bridges destroyed by Hurricane Katrina were replace or repaired within a week or so. The roads and bridges owned by state and local governments not so fast.
It took six years to built the transcontinental railroad.
How long will it take to built high speed rail from LA to San Francisco?
I have to call BS on this. The Port of Baltimore is not dependent on the bridge when in fact rail and truck shipments don’t use the bridge anyway, and what few trucks may use the bridge simply go a few miles out of their way to avoid the route across the bridge. The impairment to the port is the blockage of the assess channel caused by the fallen bridge structure. Except for possible bureaucratic ineptness, once the bridge structure is cleared from the main channel enough to allow passage of ships, the port is no longer affected.
Not as big an impact as the clown in the White House has had. The real shipwreck wasn’t the Dali. It’s America.
The port will be open in a month or so. The USCG and Army Corps of Engineering seem to be the adults in the room. The politicians are just looking for screen time.
I live near there. Traffic is amazingly bad. There are two separate tunnels. One should be limited to commercial traffic. The other passenger vehicles.
DOT hours of service should be suspended for all drivers traversing Baltimore.
The bridge should be bid out to private ownership. It’s already a toll bridge so the owner can make up his investment.
Suspend all environmental impact studies.
At any level it will be more than two years.
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