Gordie Howe Bridge Delayed: The High Economic Cost of Waiting at the Border

Views: 209 In the industrial heartland of North America, geography is destiny. Few places illustrate this more clearly than the narrow stretch of water between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario. Across the Detroit River flows one of the most commercially vital corridors in the world, a conduit for autos, engines, agricultural goods, chemicals, machinery, and consumer products that bind together the Canadian and American economies in a deeply integrated production system. At the center of this corridor stands a promise: the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a modern six-lane span designed to supplement and eventually transform cross-border trade between the two …

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