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BORDER INFRASTRUCTURES * USA / CAN - Canada Offers $550 Million toward New Bridge
Additional funding for Detroit River International Crossing
Ottawa,ONT,Canada -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Courtney Tower -Apr 30, 2010: -- Canada offered the state of Michigan up to $550 million as a sweetener to get the legislature to give final approval to the building of a controversial new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario... The Canadian government is willing to increase its share of the cost of the proposed Detroit River International Crossing by that amount, Federal Transport Minister, John Baird, said Thursday... The DRIC would effectively replace the venerable and storied Ambassador Bridge, by far the busiest commercial crossing between the two countries. It is controversial in Michigan politics. Defenders of the new bridge support building it two miles from the Ambassador Bridge. Opponents support Ambassador owner Manuel Moroun, who wants to twin the existing bridge with a new span at the present site. Moroun has launched a series of suits against Michigan and the U.S. and Canadian federal governments, saying he is illegally being harried out of business... Baird said this one crossing sees more than 8,000 trucks and 68,000 travelers daily, handling almost 30 percent of all Canada-U.S. trade per year. “In the next 30 years, truck traffic along this corridor is expected to triple and vehicle traffic will double," he said...Labels: border infrastructures
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