WASHINGTON, June 13 — US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg today will visit the scene of a major US highway collapse after a portion collapsed in Philadelphia over the weekend, snarling traffic and upending commutes.
Human remains were recovered from the scene of the wreckage on Monday after an overpass of I-95 fell when a tanker truck hauling gasoline ignited on Sunday, shutting down the major East Coast transportation artery.
Buttigieg will meet with Philadelphia’s mayor and other state and local transportation officials and discuss “efforts to rebuild I-95 safely and efficiently, while limiting interim impacts to commuters and our supply chains,” the US Department of Transportation said in a statement.
The head of the Federal Highway Administration also has plans to visit the site as the US National Transportation Safety Board investigates, the White House said on Monday.
Officials have said it will take several months to rebuild the collapsed portion of the north-south highway, which runs from Miami to the Canadian border in Maine.
Excavation teams worked to clear the site on Monday, with authorities eyeing Tuesday as a test of traffic workarounds. — Reuters
