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November 15, 2005 Border Transportation Partnership Identifies Central Area of Analysis for a New Detroit-Windsor Border Crossing The following message is extracted
from a news release issued by Transport Canada on 14 November
2005. The release is available at The governments of Canada, the United States, Ontario and Michigan announced today that they have made significant progress towards developing a new river crossing at the Detroit-Windsor Gateway. Applying the evaluation criteria jointly established by both Canada and the United States has led the Border Transportation Partnership to concentrate future study of a new border crossing and inspection plazas to the industrial area of West Windsor. This area extends north generally from Broadway Boulevard to the vicinity of Brock Street on the Canadian side, and a corresponding area on the U.S. side extending upriver from Zug Island to just south of the Ambassador Bridge… . As part of the next phase of environmental studies, the Border Transportation Partnership will consider all aspects of developing the border crossing system, which includes a river crossing as well as appropriate customs plaza locations and connecting roads on both the U.S. and Canadian sides of the border. Further detailed study, technical analysis and public consultation will be conducted to identify the best end-to-end solution within this area. With this announcement, the Partnership is on track to identify the preferred location of a new river crossing by mid-2007. … The Canada-United States-Ontario-Michigan Border Transportation Partnership is comprised of technical experts and officials from Transport Canada, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and the Michigan Department of Transportation. The Partnership’s purpose is to improve the movement of people and goods across the United States-Canada border in the Detroit-Windsor Gateway. … The Border Transportation Partnership
will soon hold public meetings to present the technical assessment to
date, and seek public and stakeholder comments on the preliminary list
of practical alternatives. Public Information Open Houses are scheduled
in the Windsor area during the week of November 28, 2005 and public
meetings are scheduled in the Detroit area In March 2006, the Partnership will hold Public Information Open Houses and public meetings in Canada and the United States to present a final list of practical alternatives….
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