Maryland Governor Wes Moore said Sunday that the giant container ship Dali Francis Scott Key Bridge In March, Baltimore will be lifted “within days.”
“I remember the first morning the bridge collapsed, people were saying it could take six to nine months to repair the canal,” Moore, a Democrat, said in an interview with NBC News on Sunday. “Meet the press.”
“I’m proud that we’re on our way and they’re going to reopen this federal canal and we’re going to get that big ship — the Dali — out of the federal canal in a couple of days,” Moore said.
There was a ship It sits in the middle of the Patapsco River since hitting the Key Bridge in the middle of the night in late March, causing a catastrophic collapse.
Six builders on the bridge are believed to have died when the ship crashed into the structure. Since then, all their bodies have been exhumed, and the last one was exhumed on May 7.
Earlier this month, the exact explosive charges used to remove parts of the bridge Above a ship that has spent months trying to remove excess debris, a bridge and a ship to reopen the channel that leads to a giant international shipping port in Baltimore.
On Sunday, Moore also addressed concerns that removing the ship and reopening the canal would be an expensive endeavor.
“The American people are going to come together on this,” Moore told moderator Kristen Welker, adding, “And we have to make sure we get it done quickly, on time and on budget. That’s our focus.”