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Rebuilding Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge Thread
559 sats \ 13 comments \ @BlokchainB 2 Nov 2024 Construction_and_Engineering
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 10 Jan
$75M for bridge management
The Board of Public Works approved a $75 million contract Wednesday to hire three firms that will oversee construction management services on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, as the replacement project gets under way in earnest this spring.
The companies, a consortium calling itself Bridging Maryland Partnership, will be responsible for planning, engineering, surveying, construction management and more.
“The Bridging Maryland Partnership is responsible for ensuring that this bridge is built safely, that it’s built sustainably and smoothly and importantly, as swiftly as possible,” said Gov. Wes Moore (D), one of three members of the board along with Comptroller Brooke Lierman and Treasurer Dereck Davis.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 9 Jan
Funded by Congress
For all those who thought the bridge would never get rebuilt are absolutely wrong now. Making it into a federal funding bill the probability of this project getting completed went up substantially
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB OP 26 Dec 2024
Pre construction work begins in January
👏👏👏 way to go work includes topographical surveys, underwater surveys and soil sampling👏👏👏
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 8 Jan
An update on pre-construction activities
The MDTA also launched a Key Bridge Rebuild Facebook page, where stakeholders, industry experts, and local residents can communicate about the project. The department will use the page to share real-time updates, milestones, and progress reports.
So sad too bad they didn’t create a stacker news territory where people can earn sats ( or CCs) to discuss the bridge!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 5 Dec 2024
We have an update
MDE holds public hearing on proposed changes Key Bridge reconstruction process
And we got drawings!!
Renderings from the Maryland Transportation Authority showed build plans for a new bridge that would stand 45-feet taller than the demolished Key Bridge. The construction is expected to start in 2025 and last until 2028.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB OP 19 Nov 2024
Biden sends request to Congress to rebuild Baltimore’s Key Bridge
The Biden Administration sent a $100 billion disaster relief request to Congress Monday evening; some of those funds will be used to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
The request asks for $8 billion for the Transportation Department, which would grant the funds for the project.
The Key Bridge rebuild is expected to cost roughly $2 billion and take until fall 2028 to complete.
President Biden promised to fully fund the project shortly after the collapse of the bridge on March 26. Usually, the federal government only pays for 90% of projects of that nature.
Congress will need to pass a law requiring the government to fit the full bill. There is already legislation drafted to do just that, however, it still has not made it to the president’s desk.
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67 sats \ 0 replies \ @bren 19 Nov 2024
I wonder how long of a detour people had to make that work just across the bridge?
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91 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 2 Nov 2024
Has all the import and export moved away from that port?
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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB OP 2 Nov 2024
I think some of it but not all.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 2 Nov 2024
I wonder how much it will affect baltimore. I heard it takes 1.75 hours longer to get to that port now.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 2 Nov 2024
Is the port back to operating at full capacity yet?
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102 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 2 Nov 2024
I don’t think full i believe they are still removing debris
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 2 Nov 2024
MDTA to lease Tradepoint Atlantic space for Key Bridge work
https://thedailyrecord.com/2024/10/14/mdta-to-lease-tradepoint-atlantic-space-for-key-bridge-work/
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