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  • Mich. governor says Washington dragging feet on key part of U.S.-Canada bridge

    01/18/2014 7:33:27 PM PST · by Squawk 8888 · 22 replies
    CP24 ^ | January 18, 2014
    DETROIT -- Plans for a new bridge connecting the U.S. and Canada are moving more slowly than anticipated, partly because Washington doesn't seem to want to pay for a customs plaza on the American side of the span, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said. The bridge, one of Snyder's most significant public projects since he took office in 2011, would compete with the privately owned Ambassador Bridge and take vehicles between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. The Canadian government, which believes another bridge would improve trade, has agreed to pay for most of it and recoup money later through tolls. But the...
  • Second bridge connecting Windsor and Detroit approved

    04/13/2013 8:57:33 AM PDT · by Squawk 8888 · 58 replies
    Toronto Sun ^ | April 12, 2013 | Kelly Pedro & Jessica Hume
    LONDON, Ont. — Plans for the new Detroit-Windsor bridge cleared another hurdle Friday when it got a much-anticipated presidential permit. “A lot of people are very excited. We’ve been in this region waiting for some time for this announcement,” said Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis. “We all knew the presidential permit wasn’t a question of if, it was a question of when.” Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder made the announcement in Detroit with politicians on both sides of the border in attendance. But trouble could be brewing as Ambassador Bridge owner and billionaire Manuel (Matty) Moroun filed a civil lawsuit this year...