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INFRASTRUCTURE * USA/CANADA - Bridge must quantify truck emissions for twinning approval
Ambassador Bridge officials need to get a handle on the impact of truck diesel emissions from heavy trucks at the border if it hopes to win approval from Canadian authorities for a new six-lane twin span to DetroitWindsor,Ont,Canada -The Windsor Star/Today's Trucking -17 Set 2007: -- The private bridge company is still in the process of preparing an environmental impact assessment that can pass muster with Michigan officials, and yesterday the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency handed down its own guidelines... Mark Butler of Transport Canada told the newspaper that the bridge must show that additional traffic flowing to the new cable-stayed span would not worsen air quality for nearby Windsor... The guidelines demand that the bridge company measure potential particulate matter and greenhouse gases. Noise and vibration impacts must also be addressed... The bridge company will conduct its own EA and present the findings to Ottawa for review... (Photo: Ambassador Bridge - Stamper is confident officials will see the merit of a twin span since it uses existing land and doesn't cost money to taxpayers)
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