$33 Million ‘Re-Programmed’ From Projects For Baltimore Harbor Disaster

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has “re-appropriated” $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 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, like the $831,000 trimmed from a harbor project in Jacksonville, Florida. Reps. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.) and Brian Mast (R-Fla.) let the Corps’ Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations Maj. Gen. Butch Graham know they want that money restored as he testified on May 15 before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee....