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The government of U.S announced this Thursday that it will allocate a first batch of 60 million dollars to rebuild the gigantic bridge Baltimore (Maryland) that collapsed last Tuesday due to the attack of a ship that lost control.
Emergency funds will be transferred to the Department of Transport of the state of Maryland and will serve to cover the initial costs of repair work on the Francis Scott Key Bridgehighlighted the The White House is a statement.
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These features “will help Maryland begin urgent work and more resources will come as recovery and reconstruction efforts progress”, wrote the federal secretary of Transport, Pete Buttigieg.
These funds, known as “cashquick release”, corresponds to an initial payment from the government to help restore essential transport, highlights the announcement.
The 60 million will help pay for debris removal, demolitions, diversions, emergency repairs, among other tasks.
The Secretary of Transport guaranteed yesterday that it will not be “not fast, not easy, not cheap”rebuild the bridge, a fundamental infrastructure for the port of Baltimoreone of the most important in the country in the Atlantic.
He Dali container ship It struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge at 1:29 a.m. Tuesday, causing much of the infrastructure to collapse in just a few seconds.
At least six employees of a company that carried out repairs on the bridge lost their lives in the accident. All of them were migrants, originating from Mexico, Guatemala, The Savior It is Honduras.
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So far, only the bodies of two of the deceased have been recovered, Alejandro Fernández Fuentes35 years old and Mexican nationality, and Dorlián Castillo Cabrera26 years old and born in Guatemala.
Before the collision, the container ship’s crew issued an emergency alert, which cut off vehicle traffic on the bridge and prevented a major tragedy, according to authorities.
However, it remains unclear whether workers, who were repairing holes in the bridge at the time of the collapse, received this notification.
Source: Elcomercio
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