The rebuilding of Key Bridge in Baltimore is part of an emerging debate in every U.S. state about how to rethink billions in spending on new infrastructure.
Officials are hoping to use the process as an opportunity to reimagine the rest of the infrastructure in the region.
"We know things that we didn't know in the 1970s, about how to put up a bridge," Buttigieg said."Nobody wanted to be here through this tragic catastrophe that happened. But it does bring an opportunity, and I would say, responsibility, to get things right for the future."on June 11, questions included whether the new bridge — like the old one — will be a toll bridge and whether the new bridge will be wider than the old, four-lane structure .
"To me, it indicates just how much work there is to do in this country," he said."We were reminded as a country the hard way how important our infrastructure is, because of the pressures we experienced at the beginning of this decade with Covid. We saw what happens if our supply chains come under strain.
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