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How CCBC plans to train workers to replace the Key Bridge

CCBC plans to establish a new welder training program at its Dundalk campus


From The Baltimore Banner, by Sapna Bansil

The effort to build a replacement for the Francis Scott Key Bridge is likely to run up against a major challenge: a nationwide shortage of skilled laborers.

The Community College of Baltimore County is launching an initiative to help fill the gap. According to CCBC President Sandra Kurtinitis, the school plans to establish a new welder training program at its Dundalk campus, just five miles from where the bridge stood and where preliminary construction activities on its cable-stayed, taller replacement are underway.

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