While the investigation and the response continue,
President Biden has made clear that this whole administration will
be providing support in every respect for the recovery and
the rebuilding process.
From a Department of Transportation perspective,
that really comes down to four major focus areas.
Reopen the port, deal with the supply chain implications Until
the port does reopen,
rebuild the bridge, and deal with the surface transportation implications
until the bridge is rebuilt.
Each of those is a distinct line of effort.
And we're already taking steps toward each goal.
We are committed to delivering every federal resources needed,
every federal resource needed to help Maryland get back to
normal.
And we're going to work with them every step of
the way to rebuild this bridge.
It is not going to be simple.
When we helped Pennsylvania and California swiftly reopen I-95 and
I-10,
respectively, there was terrific done work there.
But that was addressing comparatively short spans of bridges over
land relative to this span over water.
And of course, in the Baltimore case,
we still don't fully know the condition of the portions
of the bridge that are still standing.
Or of infrastructure that is below the surface of the
water,
so rebuilding will not be quick or easy.
Or cheap, but we will get it done.
As I mentioned, raw raw.