Quote Originally Posted by SWMAP View Post
Maybe there's another way. This from a story in the Windsor Star last week:
"Federal officials and those connected to the DRIC border project are said to be in discussions with counterparts in Washington to draw up an alternate plan if the state of Michigan continues to drag its feet on political approval for the government-backed Windsor-Detroit bridge.
"We are not involved in that, but that has been a possibility from the beginning, that if Michigan could not carry this out, Washington could step in," said Sarah Hubbard, Senior Vice President of Government Relations for the Detroit Regional Chamber.
"I think it's a real possibility. The federal government and Washington have the authority to identify crossing needs and certainly able to do it if they see fit."

For reading clarity, think in this instance the "federal government" refers to Canada's federal government.

After Tuesday's ass whipping, the Dems at the Federal level are not going to try to force anything down a state's throat.

And unless Hansen Clarke is put on the same committee that Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick was on, which is doubtful given the fact that he doesn't have any seniority and the Dems don't have control of the house, his only possible role may be to run plays from the sideline in the manner that Dingell did to get the Bridge Inspection report released. For all intents and purposes,the DRIC may be gone for good.

Maybe this will allow MDOT to concentrate on repairing some of those bridges and overpasses, you know, the ones that our state tax dollars are actually paying for them to fix that have about 200,000 vehicles drive over daily as opposed to the DRIC that will only see about 10,000 vehicles, that are in worst shape than the bridge that collapsed in Minnesota a few years ago.