Transportation Sec. Buttigieg on federal support for bridge collapse

By Tom Hall,

Teria Rogers, Sam Bermas-Dawes

Published April 1, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, at podium, accompanied by officials including Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., speaks during a news conference near the scene where a container ship collided with a support on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, in Dundalk, Md., Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, at podium, accompanied by officials including Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., speaks during a news conference near the scene where a container ship collided with a support on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, in Dundalk, Md., Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

Workers removed a 200-ton segment of the one of the spans of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge yesterday, according to the office of Gov. Wes Moore, and transported the wreckage to a holding area at Tradepoint Atlantic in Sparrows Point.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joins the show to give the latest updates. On Thursday, the Secretary announced Maryland is to receive $60 million of emergency relief funds as a first tranche of support in the recovery and rebuilding process of the bridge.

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