Biden says that the Fed Gov't is going to fully fund the repair of the Scott Key Bridge

Why not make the shipping company pay its part.

The same government that demanded Norfolk Southern to fund the train derailment aftermath?

I wonder what the difference between the 2 are? Just kidding, we know

Sweet- does that mean he is picking up the full tab on the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge too?

Wouldn’t the shipping company be on the hook?

The Boston tunnel system (two tunnels -Summner and Ted Williams-, Zakim Bridge, a shite ton of roadway) started out at 3b and wound up at over 20b - that was close to 20 years ago now.

Recent construction that is comparable to the upcoming Baltimore project is The Mario Cuomo Bridge (I'll still call it the Tappan Zee). It came in at 4b, is 3 miles long and took 7 years to complete.


I figure the the grift for Baltimore will be strong and mission creep will include shite that isn't even related to the bridge. My guess: 10b and 5yrs, minimum cost and time to build. Which prolly means expect 25b and 10 years...

I’m no Biden fan, but wasn’t it an interstate highway anyway (I-695), which would fall under federal funding?

The amount of pork in it will be staggering. All the local state unions will be funded for 25 years and homeless will get some displacement crap.

The bridge and the port don't even belong to the Federal government. Those are state owned. Look at the port bridges in Savannah, Charleston, Jacksonville, or Mobile. They make the Francis Scott Key bridge look like a bucket of junk that couldn't survive a bump from a kayak. Seriously, the Baltimore bridge was badly out dated and needed modernization. It was an accident waiting to happen. Some of those bridges at NYC look really old an fragile too.

That being said, maritime rules require that the ship drop anchor and wait for repair, if it has power problems. That did not happen. As there was enough time to call in an emergency and get local bridge traffic stopped, there was time to drop anchor. It's too bad that the ship lost power but they could have dropped anchor, stopped the boat and avoided crashing into the bridge. Heck it the harbor is only 50 feet deep. This is a really bad look for the ship captain, like there was incompetence and horrible decision making.

Insanity

Daddy gov is here to pay your student loans. Fix your bridges. Vaccinate your children and grandparents for free.


We even hand out 1000's of dollars a month to illegals who came here the wrong way. Then house them. And feed them. Give them free phones.