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Ambassador Bridge company's plan for new parallel span takes hit in US court
By Peter Samuel on April 11, 2012
The Ambassador Bridge company's plans for construction of a new parallel span next to their 82 year old suspension span took a hit last week. Avern Cohn a US District Court judge rejected the bridge company (DIBC) challenge to the federal permitting of the downriver bridge (known as DRIC or NITC) proposed by the state of Michigan and the Canadian government.
Canadian official says Ottawa Gov not opposed to twinning Ambassador Bridge
By Peter Samuel on February 11, 2011
Roy Norton, Canadian consul in Detroit says that the Canadian Government is not blocking the Ambassador Bridge company's proposed twin span. This is in in a letter in response to a column by Keith Crain, managing editor in Crain's Detroit news service (reproduced here in TOLLROADSnews a few days ago - see link below)
