(Detroit, MI) — The new Gordie Howe International Bridge will not have a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony today or be open to traffic on Monday. Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she is hoping the span connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario will be open soon despite the delay.
{{c5ebf122-a3ab-4832-890d-88d268088cb8}} The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority did not give a specific reason for delaying the opening of the bridge. The Detroit Free Press reports a source says the delay was to make sure people in the Trump administration in the Commerce and State departments were aware of the opening and involved in the process. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been talking directly with the White House since February about the bridge, following President Trump’s threats that it wouldn’t open without Canadian concessions. Those were despite the fact that Canada paid for the construction with Michigan to repay Ottawa through tolls and the deal being approved by former President Obama 14-years ago.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is hoping the Gordie Howe International Bridge is open very soon.
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