U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have put out a “tentative timeline” for getting commercial shipping in and out of Baltimore by the end of the month, but a full reopening will likely take twice as long.
A “limited access channel” into the Port of Baltimore will be opened by the end of this month, allowing one-way traffic in and out of the important harbour. The assessment comes in a statement from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), with Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon saying “exhaustive” surveys and analysis of the remains of the Baltimore bridge means the Corps has “developed a better understanding of the immense and complex work that lies ahead”.
Calling the route to reopening the harbour a “tentative timeline for the restoration of safe navigation in and out of the Port of Baltimore”, the planned “limited access channel” intended to…