Maryland’s congressional delegation introduced a bill in both the House and Senate on Thursday to ensure that federal funds will cover the full cost of replacing the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The legislation would protect Maryland taxpayers from bearing a 10% share of the cost of reconstructing the bridge, which was struck by a cargo ship last month and collapsed into the Patapsco River, .
Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation introduced a bill Thursday that would require the federal government to cover the entire cost of repairing the Baltimore bridge that collapsed after a ship hit it last month. The legislation was introduced by Democratic Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and all eight Maryland House members: Kweisi Mfume…
The federal government will be footing more of the bill for a new bridge over Newtown Creek, putting $15 million toward the replacement of the 119-year-old Grand Street Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens border, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday. “So many of our bridges are very old,” Schumer, D-N.Y., told the Daily News. “The Grand Street bridge is a vintage example of this — it’s more .