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BORDER NEWS * Security bottlenecks snarl U.S.-Canada trade
Windsor,ONT,CAN -Reuters/Canada.com (Hamilton,Ont) -March 05, 2007: -- The Canada-U.S. border stretches a full 8,891 km (5,525 miles), touches three oceans and is a crossing point for a trading relationship worth C$1.6 billion ($1.4 billion) a day... But with much of the trade dependent on just a few key crossings linking the northeastern United States to the manufacturing hub of Ontario, Canadian producers say security-related delays and creaking infrastructure are costing both countries billions of dollars each year... With the Great Lakes system separating Canada's main manufacturing centers in Ontario from neighboring U.S. states, heavy pressure is put on crossings such as the Ambassador Bridge, often called the busiest border crossing in the world... Plans are in the works to build a second span for the bridge, but that likely won't be in place until 2013... Lurking in everyone's mind is the fear of what would happen if a major security scare closed the border entirely, an event that, even if it was relatively brief, could cost billions... (Photo: Reuters File- Traffic backs up at the Detroit-Windsor Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, Michigan November 10, 2005) Labels: border news
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