So You Think

[Narragansett]

That the 30 million stolen in Los Angeles was a lot? Well, I just read where the Congress is going to be asked to pay the bill for the cleanup and reconstruction of the collapsed Baltimore Key bridge.

When they get through tapping into that pork barrel, 30 million will be a drop in the bucket.

 

[NFrameFred]

Yepper . . . . lotsa folks gonna be dipping their fingers into that pie - and I venture quite a few that have very little to do with replacing that bridge . . .

 

[mmande]

This is only MY opinion but the harbor and channel are very important to the WHOLE United States. The bridge is only important to Baltimore and Maryland. U.S. taxpayers should pay for the cleanup and Maryland taxpayers should pay for the new bridge! It wouldn't even have to be built in the same place.
Mike

 

[riverrat38]

The fact that the US Gov is going to foot the rebuild costs doesn't mean that they won't go after any and all responsible parties. I predict that the rebuild costs will be smaller than the various costs to shipping, manufacturing, and any and all damages that clever attorneys can think of.
This will the lawyers relief bill of 2024!

73,
Rick

 

[mckenney99]

I'd be willing to bet, that all the lawsuit claims will still be tied up in the courts, 20 years from now.

 

[arjay]

The ships insurance is on the hook for the bill ultimately

 

[Walkin Horse]

Isn't the bridge part of the Federal interstate system?

 

[The Big D]

It is…

…part of the interstate highway system.

Be safe.

Isn't the bridge part of the Federal interstate system?

 

[LVSteve]

I'd be willing to bet, that all the lawsuit claims will still be tied up in the courts, 20 years from now.

^ This. Is the US economy and the residents of Maryland supposed to wait for the legal wrangling to finish? Sounds like the feds should step in and their lawyers can then go and recover the costs.

 

[NYlakesider]

^ This. Is the US economy and the residents of Maryland supposed to wait for the legal wrangling to finish? Sounds like the feds should step in and their lawyers can then go and recover the costs.

If it actually works like that. Rest assured the Feds will screw it up 6 ways to Sunday. The do not have a good track record doing things!

 

[ACORN]

That the 30 million stolen in Los Angeles was a lot? Well, I just read where the Congress is going to be asked to pay the bill for the cleanup and reconstruction of the collapsed Baltimore Key bridge.

When they get through tapping into that pork barrel, 30 million will be a drop in the bucket.

It's been attributed to the late Sen. Everett Dirksen that "A billion here, a billion there, the next thing you're talking REAL money."

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[Bald1]

I assumed the ships insurance carrier would be on the hook. This I'm guessing will bankrupt them. Which makes me wonder, what the premiums would be on a ship like that. Especially if it goes into areas inhabited by pirates.

 

[raljr1]

Actually i saw an article that said the ship's owners will only be responsible for some $45 million. Some kind of nautical limit.

Owner of ship that destroyed Baltimore's Key Bridge asks to cap liability at $43M - Maryland Daily Record

Robert
SWCA #2906, SWHF #760

 

[Greyman50]

Baltimore should have done what Virginia did with the Chesapeake Bay bridge/ tunnel and the bridges and tunnels from Norfolk to Hampton. I-64 goes through the tunnels.

 

[LVSteve]

Baltimore should have done what Virginia did with the Chesapeake Bay bridge/ tunnel and the bridges and tunnels from Norfolk to Hampton. I-64 goes through the tunnels.

Can't put HAZMAT cargo through tunnels.

 

[arjay]

The ships owners are trying to claim they are only liable for 45 mil. That won't fly. The reason the feds are trying to fund it is because nobody can afford to leave it like it is while the lawsuits fly. That would be idiotic.You'll get your tax dollars back in the treasury.

 

[Greyman50]

Can't put HAZMAT cargo through tunnels.

Well there is the old James River Bridge that they use, just few miles out of the way.