$33 Million ‘Reprogrammed’ From Projects for Baltimore Harbor Disaster

Florida House reps grill Army Corps of Engineers commander over diverting funds for Jacksonville project to deal with the bridge-ship crash in Maryland.
$33 Million ‘Reprogrammed’ From Projects for Baltimore Harbor Disaster
In an aerial view, salvage crews continue to remove wreckage from the cargo ship Dali after it stuck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore Harbor, Md., on April 9, 2024. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
John Haughey
John Haughey
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The Army Corps of Engineers has “reappropriated” $33 million from its current-year budget in responding to the March 26 containership crash that knocked down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six people and shutting down the ninth-busiest port in the United States.

That doesn’t sit well with House representatives, who are seeing federal money sifted from needed projects in their districts, such as the $831,000 trimmed from a harbor project in Jacksonville, Florida.

John Haughey
John Haughey
Reporter
John Haughey is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers U.S. elections, U.S. Congress, energy, defense, and infrastructure. Mr. Haughey has more than 45 years of media experience. You can reach John via email at [email protected]
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