It'll likely cost billions of dollars to piece back together the roads and bridges that Hurricane Ian ripped up in Florida
Hurricane Ian’s rampage across Florida disabled two major bridges, severed access along an interstate, canceled thousands of flights and destroyed untold numbers of homes and businesses — all of which will likely need billions in federal aid to piece back together.
Flooding is also a major concern farther inland, with major airports in Tampa and Orlando shuttered, thousands of flights canceled and some airlines suspending operations through Saturday. Congress is poised to enact a stopgap government funding bill by midnight Friday, but it doesn’t include disaster relief funding specifically earmarked for Hurricane Ian.of Alabama, the Senate’s top GOP appropriator, said it wasn’t possible to include additional disaster aid to respond to Hurricane Ian at the last minute, but that the Disaster Relief Fund should have adequate reserves for the immediate term, including for Ian.
“I anticipate there likely will be other bridges that have suffered damage,” DeSantis said. “But once bridges are inspected and determined to be safe they will be reopened as soon as possible. But we know Sanibel Causeway and we also know Pine Island Bridge — those two are not passable and will require structural rebuilds.” said Thursday in an interview on Capitol Hill. “That’s one of the issues you deal with, and especially the bridges — all the bridges have to be checked.
DeSantis said more than 100 engineers working in teams of two are inspecting bridges in Southwest Florida.Airports, transit agencies and roads scattered throughout Florida remained closed on Thursday, though many pieces of critical infrastructure will begin to reopen on Friday. Ian’s southward shift spared Florida’s Gulf Coast ports from a direct hit.
Amtrak spokesperson Marc Magliari said that in addition to potential track damage, rail crossing gates are removed ahead of major hurricanes to prevent them from becoming projectiles. Gates will need to be put back in place and power restored so they can operate before trains resume service, Magliari said.
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