Both reiterated their strong commitment to move the new publicly owned crossing forward as soon as possible.

A presidential permit was issued in April for the scheme, which is also known as the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC). Since then, Canada and Michigan have undertaken further design, planning, and due diligence work. Geotechnical and foundation engineering works as well as the property acquisition process are continuing on both sides of the border as too are environmental mitigation measures.

“International projects of this magnitude and complexity require a great deal of planning and due diligence work on both sides of the border,” said Raitt.