Posted on 03/27/2024 12:33:55 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
With or without explosives?
Dismantling and removing the remaining parts of the structure is just a little short an engineering task as the building the bridge originally. And they must make sure to clear any pieces from the floor of the waterway. And these are large very heavy pieces of steel. There must be salvage companies that specialize in this; bu they will also have to position the equipment to do so, and I imagine that has to travel by water from who-knows-where.
Short-sightedness and cost-savings made this situation possible. Whom is the governor going to blame for that?!
The catastrophic damage to the bridge was foreseeable. Diligent maintenance of the bridge would have included bolstering the piers to account for the increase in ship size over the years.
The Maryland Transportation Authority is responsible for the mantenance of the bridge.
Governing board
The Maryland Secretary of Transportation serves as chairperson of the Authority’s governing board. Eight other board members are appointed to four year terms by the Governor, with confirmation by the Maryland Senate. Term expirations are staggered. Board members can be reappointed to additional terms, but a limit of three consecutive terms was established in 2007.
Daily operations of the Authority are overseen by the Executive Director who serves as the chief executive officer for the agency and is hired by the MDTA Board.
Members of the board are:
Paul Wiedefeld, Maryland Transportation Secretary, Chairman
Dontae Carroll
William H. Cox Jr.
William C. Ensor III
W. Lee Gaines, Jr.
Mario J. Gangemi, P.E.
John F. von Paris
Cynthia D. Penny-Ardinger
Jeffrey S. Rosen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Transportation_Authority
Effing perverted idiot. These are the idiots the other idiots, elected by yet other idiots, have put in charge. The world is laughing at us.
Of course not, Ms. Secretary, you’re too busy glamping.
A competent person would have had the contract for clearing the channel done, a design team working a replacement, contractors lined up and salvage crews working 24/7 to get the area cleared. But NO.
Yes, it is an interstate highway and strategically important.
There is no purpose in dragging the debris away - that will just make it worse, as pieces will randomly break off.
The whole thing is unstable. Commercial divers have to go down and find places to attach lifting cables, visibility likely zero. Very dangerous. Pieces have to be removed systematically. Depths in the channel range from 40-50 feet - other area are shallower.
There is no quick and dirty solution.
Building a temporary dock, aka port, is a totally difference kettle of fish.
Chest-Feeding Transpoweenie is back to blather at us!
That's assuming no one discovers an endangered Chesapeake Bay pink spotted trans mussel in the channel.
Smaller pieces, like reducing them to 50 tons. Usually hard hat commercial divers are lowered into the water from a very large barge. The whole project will be set out for bid.
Divers attach cables lowered from the barge’s crane, which are then raised and placed on the barge, where they are cut up to make room for more. When the barge is full they go in to unload & get ready for the next day.
Dragging pieces will only make things worse, as parts will break off, and someone has to go back and find them in the murky frigid water. Compounding the cost, the danger to the divers, and to recovery.
Commercial salvage companies are set up for this sort of work; the bigger ones do salvage like this worldwide. The US military is not set up for this kind of work; it would destroy the Pentagon’s budget over many years.
Rumor has it that the major insurance companies are raising all insurance rates for commercial shippers 25X until Mrs Pete Buttguy depart the Dept. of Transportation.
He'll probably want a 1-year environmental-wacko study and then guarantees that all construction work goes to Democrat union members.
Trump needs to visit Baltimore and state: This port should be cleared in one week, and the bridge built in 6 months.
“Buttigieg, who traveled to Baltimore on Tuesday hours after the collapse,”
How long did it take him to visit East Palestine?
Yes but the governor asked for a state of emergency which results in the federal government getting involved.
If it takes 10 years, then they will need to do something about traffic which already was a problem before this. Rerouting is nice, but eventually the cars will join a highway already overloaded with cars.
The Peter principle in action. When someone is shown to be incompetent in their present position, promote them.
There should have been a dozen tugs with grappling hooks dragging debris out of the harbor to the open ocean or to shore area this afternoon. The harbor should have been scheduled to open by tomorrow. Butt plug Pete is not doing his job. Maybe he and his husband adopted another child and Pete wants 12 weeks off for maternity leave.
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