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After President Joe Biden said the federal government would pay to replace Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, a proje

The fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is pictured March 31, 2024, where divers assisted crews with the complicated and meticulous operation of removing steel and concrete. President Joe Biden has said the federal government will pay to replace Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, but he and other administration officials haven’t ruled out recouping costs from shipping or insurance companies.

The support Baltimore has received"isn’t because anyone is trying to do Maryland a favor," Moore said."It’s because the national economy relies on the Port of Baltimore being up and running,"The federal government stepping in to pay to rebuild the bridge doesn’t necessarily mean taxpayers will cover the entire bill.,"That could be, but we’re not going to wait if that happened. We’re going to pay for it to get the bridge rebuilt and open.

Andy Winkler, director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s infrastructure project, said the Biden administration’s quick offer of assistance in the Baltimore bridge collapse does not preclude the federal government from recouping costs should a private sector party be found responsible."A plume of smoke rises April 21, 2010, from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

The EPA told PolitiFact in an April 1 email it will send Norfolk Southern a bill for all of its personnel, time and resources spent.In Washington state in May 2013, the Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge in Mount Vernon, about halfway between Seattle and the Canadian border, collapsed after a wide-load-bearing 18-wheeler crashed into the bridge. A month later, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration released $15.

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