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The unified command organizations overseeing the response said
work would begin early on Monday to move the cargo ship Dali to
a local marine terminal.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore told NBC's Meet the Press that
workers were on track to completely clear the channel this
month, which would restore full access to the busiest port for
car shipments in the U.S.
"By the end of May, we'll have that federal channel reopened and
within days, we're going to have that massive vessel, the Dali,
out of that federal channel," Moore said.
Federal investigators said in a preliminary report last week
that the Dali had lost power several times before crashing into
the Key Bridge. The impact caused the bridge to collapse,
killing six road construction workers and hindering vessel
traffic through the channel and vehicle traffic along the I-95
corridor in the U.S. Northeast.
Authorities have opened four temporary channels since the crash,
allowing some shipping to resume.
Crews set off controlled explosions last week to allow them to
remove a portion of the fallen bridge from the bow of the Dali,
which was necessary to next allow salvage crews to haul away the
twisted metal wreckage using cranes and barges, the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers said. Maryland state officials estimate it
will cost $1.7 billion to $1.9 billion to rebuild the bridge and
anticipates completion by fall 2028.
(Reporting by Gabriella Borter; Editing by Scott Malone and
David Gregorio)
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