Congratulations To The Ambassador Bridge Company

They must be thrilled. Finally! 

The people involved in working for the Ambassador Bridge Company for so long to get approval to build a new cross-border bridge between Windsor and Detroit--the Moroun family, Dan Stamper and Mickey Blashfield-- have to be so happy about what has just happened. 

As I am sure that you know now, dear reader, the Government of Canada has finally agreed to allow the Ambassador Bridge Company to build their 2nd bridge between Windsor and Detroit.  Nevermind the advantage that this will provide for the economy of Canada and the United States as a whole. It will be tremendously advantageous for the economy of our area! That is truly fantastic for us and will be another reason why our economy will grow significantly. 

I am NOT going to go into a very long discussion in this article about what has happened and what some of the issues still are. The reality is that what has just been announced is something that will allow our area to be able to prosper so much better for so much longer.  

As you know I am sure, I have not written a lot for quite a bit of time about Bridge Company matters involving the various Governments. I found it all quite tiresome. As I wrote too long ago: 

"Seriously, why should I do any writing on this topic since it is obvious, at least to me, that in this area the only group that can build a 2nd border crossing bridge legally is the Ambassador Bridge Company. As far as I'm concerned, that is the legal relationship between that Company and the Governments… 

In fact, in my opinion, it is so obvious. The Governments have not really built anything for so many years with respect to another border crossing notwithstanding the apparent need to do so… 

…considering that the volume of trucks crossing the border has dropped significantly by a huge percentage. Only the Ambassador Bridge Company project makes any sense of being built because of the financial costs involved. For the Ambassador Bridge Company project, the dollar cost is around $500 million. For the Government Bridge, it can be over $4 billion based on some numbers given out previously! If volumes have gone down so much and costs have gone up so much, then please tell me why the Governments are looking at building a bridge at all.  The Government Canada who would be paying for just about everything would lose a huge fortune considering that it will have to put up a good chunk of the costs which may never be recovered." 

Instead of playing more silly games over this, the Governments and the Ambassador Bridge Company need to sit down and work out together NOW what needs to be done for the future transportation requirements in this region. 

When that happens, who knows! All that is important today is to give to some Ambassador Bridge Company people our best wishes.  And have them get their project started already.