Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said Sunday the cost to repair the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed earlier this year, could range between $1.7 and $1.9 billion.
“The Biden administration have been phenomenal partners. So, we know the estimated cost could be between $1.7 and $1.9 billion. And the reason that we are urging a federal cost share, and a 100 percent cost share is just simply because we have to move quickly.
And I need to get this done on time and on budget. We know that in order to move fast, we’ve got to get that 100 percent cost share,” Moore said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
The shipping lane into the Port of Baltimore fully reopened last week, more than two months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the bay in March. The bridge had fallen after a massive vessel struck the bridge, causing the port to close.
President Biden has promised that the federal government would foot the bill to rebuild the bridge, but that suggestion was met with some backlash from Republicans. He also celebrated the port fully reopening last week.