[ChicagoConservative27]

Thanks for that brilliant update. Idiot

[Skywise]

He’s a retarded Didn’t Earn It, moron.

Get some barges and DREDGE the bridge pieces out of the way to create a path for the ships to dock!

It’s not rocket science but it might as well be for these retards

[lurk]

It can be done for less money and in less time if the government minimizes its involvement.

[MortMan]

To be fair - it will take days at least, perhaps a few weeks, to assess the situation and determine the safest and most effective way to clear the wreckage. I despise Booty-Judge, but his statement here, while non-informative, is correct.

Even a stopped clock...

[georgia peach]

No worries this guy was pick for his wide ranging knowledge of all transportation issues not for any other reason. Oh, and chest feeding.

[ABStrauss]

How dare you call this fruitfly an idiot. This, Lii’ll have you know, is somebody’s mother and wife.

Poor thing, Has trouble sitting down as well!

[georgia peach]

No worries this guy was picked for his wide ranging knowledge of all transportation issues not for any other reason. Oh, and chest feeding.

[Karliner]

Is he still nursing his babies?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Ditto what you said. Go feed the kids Buttie.

[PIF]

Port opens right after all the insurance companies finish suing each other and some one allocates funds from somewhere to begin removal and clean up. Several years later, bridge construction might begin.

[cuban leaf]

Is this a federal issue? Didn’t it happen on a city/state road?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

[DouglasKC]

Has to have more maternity leave.

[ronnie raygun]

Thanks stupid go back to nursing your non offspring

[al baby]

How come all the news outlets mention those that have died what country they are from ?

[TexasFreeper2009]

I have no interest in Buttplugs timelines on reopening anything

[Rummyfan]

I’ll say up to one year just to clear the debris and remains of the bridge. As to a new bridge - or even better, a tunnel - ten years.

[Jeff Chandler]

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

[Shady]

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.

[Free Louie]

Chest-Feeding Transpoweenie is back to blather at us!

[sphinx]

“Reopening the port is a different matter from rebuilding the bridge. The port, that’s just a matter of clearing the channel,” he said. “Still no simple thing, but I would expect that can happen on a much quicker timeline than the full reconstruction of the bridge.”

That's assuming no one discovers an endangered Chesapeake Bay pink spotted trans mussel in the channel.