Wes Moore

It is speed, it is safety, and it is cost savings.

Those are the three things that I wanna be able to focus on to make sure we can get this bridge done.

Well, we'll have to wait to see what the next contract comes back to.

Yeah.

And now, in fairness to the other contractor, the thing that they were saying was this, was that this thing cost a couple billion dollars when it was done in 1977.

Since 1977, the cost of everything has increased.

This has to be a bridge that can take on bigger cargo and allow more cargo.

The Port of Baltimore is one of the most important ports in the United States of America.

Two-thirds of the country get their goods from the Port of Baltimore.

It's the largest roll-on, roll-off port in the entire country.

It's the largest when it comes to spices and sugars, et cetera.

Like whether you are driving in Michigan or whether you are eating a meal in Louisiana, chances are those goods came from the Port of Baltimore.

And that bridge is a major artery for it.

So the reason that we were so focused on getting that channel cleared quickly and the reason that even last year after the tragedy,

Last year was the second most productive year in the history of the Port of Baltimore.

So when people talk about the speed, this is speed that is just absolutely unheard of when it comes to dealing with this kind of crisis.

The state of Maryland put on a case study in how you deal with moments of crisis.

We had six bodies.

that we still had to recover and make sure we're getting them back to their families.

So I'm really proud of how the state moved, but also the state knows, I'm very clear, it is speed, safety, and call safety.