[Hieronymus]

Complete blockage may not be necessary.

The crossing times update is well out of date by their posted benchmarks (an update at least every hour) for BWB and Coutts.

https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/bwt-taf/menu-eng.html

I could be wrong, but this very well may mean that the times are getting worse at both points.

While Sault wasn’t updated for a while it is now back up—I wonder if things are getting touch and go up there. If BWB is too much of a pain, that is the next logical crossing if one doesn’t want to head to Buffalo.

[sausageseller]

The extra costs in fuel to cross at Sault or all the way around to Buffalo will cause quite the stir because shippers or receivers won't want to pay.

[sausageseller]

Getting PARS with updated crossing points , date and times must now be quite the task.
The system has to be overloaded.