Reconstruction Set To Begin On The Key Bridge This Week
First Steps Of Reconstruction Set To Begin On The Key Bridge This Week
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According to the MDTA, the first steps in the reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge are set to begin later this week.
Pre-construction activities were originally set to begin Tuesday but were postponed due to snow in the area of the rebuild. The initial pre-construction activities will include surveying, riverbed scanning, and soil sample collection.
“Once the snow has melted, MDTA’s progressive design-build team will begin pre-construction property inspections to approximately 1100 homes and businesses in the adjacent communities of the Key Bridge Rebuild project area,” the MDTA said. “Property inspections are voluntary, will be provided at no cost to the homeowner, and are expected to be completed by the end of February 2025, weather permitting.”
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The entire project is expected to cost approximately $2 billion and take about four years to complete.
The department said that letters were mailed to residents with properties within one mile of the rebuild, and residents could schedule the property inspections at their convenience.
“That we would make sure that everyone who was directly impacted by the Key Bridge crisis, including the port workers and their family members, that they will be supported and that we would rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said. “We’re proud to say on all of those elements, we’re now on track and we’re thankful.”
On March 26, 2024, around 1:30 a.m., a large cargo ship known as The Dali, lost its electrical power and collided with the Key Bridge. The collision caused the bridge to collapse and sent eight workers into the Patapsco River. Six of those workers died.
The workers who died in the bridge collapse were identified as 35-year-old Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 26-year-old Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 38-year-old Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, 24-year-old Carlos Hernandez, 49-year-old Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez and 35-year-old Jose Mynor Lopez.
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