Infrastructure
“ The new crossing has the potential to create some 10,000 jobs in southeast Michigan and revitalise the trade corridor ”
by Publics Works and Government Services Canada requesting companies interested in providing tolling services and electrical systems for the crossing .
Another positive is a clause in the international agreement which specifies that all steel and other materials used in construction must be either US or Canadian in origin .
Old Ambassador Bridge The new crossing has the potential to create some 10,000 jobs in southeast Michigan and revitalise the trade corridor , opening new global markets for farmers , entrepreneurs and manufacturers ( particularly in the automotive sector ), while establishing the state as a global hub . On the other side of the border , it will attract new investment and create business opportunities in Windsor-Essex ,
Ontario and all of Canada .
Traffic crossing the US / Canada border is anticipated to grow from 18,500 vehicles a day in 2016 to 26,500 by 2025 , and the NITC is a way of relieving the burden on the existing crossings , including the 84-year-old Ambassador suspension bridge which is currently North America ’ s busiest international border crossing by trade volume .
More than 8,000 trucks a day cross the Ambassador , accounting for a quarter of goods traded between Canada and the United States each year . With passenger vehicles added to the mix , such traffic volumes put a strain on the long-serving bridge , which stands a few miles upstream from the planned site of the DRIC .
Manuel Moroun , head of the Detroit International Bridge Co . which owns the Ambassador Bridge , in fact filed
14 August 2014