Current location:Global Gesture news portal > business
Governor, Congress members to meet over support for rebuilding bridge
Global Gesture news portal2024-05-21 17:07:57【business】3People have gathered around
IntroductionANNAPOLIS, Maryland —Maryland Governor Wes Moore said he plans to meet with members of Congress this
Maryland Governor Wes Moore said he plans to meet with members of Congress this week to discuss support for rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which has blocked the main shipping channel at Baltimore's port for nearly two weeks.
"I'm going to be spending part of this week with our delegation going down and meeting with leaders and ranking members in the Congress and letting them know that this issue is not partisan. This is a patriotic responsibility to be able to support one of this country's great economic engines," Moore said Monday. "This is an opportunity to support a port that is directly responsible for the hiring of tens of thousands of people."
As Maryland lawmakers reached the end of their legislative session Monday, a measure authorizing use of the state's rainy-day fund to help port employees was approved and sent to Moore's desk. The governor planned to sign the emergency legislation Tuesday, putting it into effect right away.
The bridge collapsed March 26 after being struck by the cargo ship Dali, which lost power shortly after leaving Baltimore, bound for Sri Lanka. The ship issued a mayday alert with just enough time for police to stop traffic, but not enough to save a roadwork crew filling potholes on the bridge.
Authorities believe six workers — immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — plunged to their deaths in the Patapsco River. Two others survived. The bodies of three workers have been recovered, but the search for the other victims continues.
Moore said the state remains focused on supporting the families of the six workers.
"We are still very much focused on bringing closure and comfort to these families, and the operations to be able to bring that closure to these families," Moore said. "It has not stopped. It continues to be a 24/7 operation."
Temporary, alternate channels have been cleared, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said last week that it expects to open a limited-access channel for barge container ships and some vessels moving cars and farm equipment by the end of April. Officials are aiming to restore normal capacity to Baltimore's port by the end of May.
Moore was upbeat about progress in reopening channels.
He said that if he had been told the morning of the collapse that there would be two channels open in two weeks, "I would have said that sounds really ambitious, considering what we saw, but that's where we are."
The governor also spoke of progress in removing debris, saying crews pulled 318 metric tons (350 tons) of steel from the Patapsco River on Sunday.
More than 50 salvage divers and 12 cranes are on site to help cut sections of the bridge and remove them from the key waterway. Crews began removing containers from the deck over the weekend, and they're making progress toward removing sections of the bridge that lie across the ship's bow so it can eventually move, according to the Key Bridge Response Unified Command.
Address of this article:http://comoros.chongwenmenhotelbeijing.com/news-67b199932.html
Very good!(26)
Related articles
- Everybody may love Raymond, but Ray Romano loves Peter Boyle
- New railway set to bolster connectivity, development
- Snowfall in Beijing causes flight, train delays and personal injury
- Chinese embassies, consulates to offer temporary visa discounts
- Children are evacuated from school 'during an exam' after threat made via email
- Country's tourism market off to a robust start in 2024
- Xi Jinping and the Revival of Baiyangdian Lake
- Rwanda basketball league resumes after 7
- Mohammad Mokhber: Who is Iran’s acting president?
- 195 mln trips made through China's railways from Sep 27 to Oct 8
Popular articles
Recommended
What's next for Iran after death of its president in crash?
Highlights of Chinese National Swimming Championships
New Edition of Study Outline on Xi Jinping's Thinking on Strengthening Military Published
185th Australia Day Regatta held in Sydney
Biden says Brown v. Board of Education ruling was about more than education
Xi Presents Order to Promote Military Officers to Rank of General
Highlights of Australian Open women's singles first round
China to further improve visa policies
Links
- Zendaya continues her tennis
- Pennsylvania redesigned its mail
- Remnants of bird flu are found in grocery store milk
- Hazing concerns prompt University of Virginia to expel 1 fraternity and suspend 3 others
- Man United 4
- Dua Lipa showcases her toned legs in a long skirt with a thigh
- Jennifer Lopez stuns in an all
- A look at the Gaza war protests that have emerged on US college campuses
- The US is now allowed to seize Russian state assets. How would that work?
- Wednesday casts Thandiwe Newton in highly