Quote Originally Posted by Richard View Post
Depends on what authorities are looking out for their best interests,less river traffic means more bridge traffic,it kinda limits the port of Detroit in the future,even more so when in shipping where the economy of scale is bigger is better.

Every other port in the country is gearing up to handle larger ships and this seems to be a case of scaling down.

All they really are doing is flipping one nightmare from one side of the river to another and with the additional plant closures in Canada the projected traffic revenues would be interesting.

20 years from now people will realize how expensive a free bridge really is.
What people? People in Canada? Is the work on the bridge still going to get done? Yes it is. Those tax-paying construction workers may also disagree with you. I have a feeling you might be wrong on this one. We are in more of an economically cyclical region than most, unfortunately, but overall I'll bet you an orange this is a plus for Detroit.