Ambassador Bridge Owner's Companies Pay Fines To Detroit
The payments came during talks between the city and Moroun's International Bridge Co. over a land transfer deal.
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The payments came during talks between the city and Moroun's International Bridge Co. over a land transfer deal.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement Thursday in Windsor.
The changes come due to the Canadian exchange rate.
Michigan Central Depot is part of a larger deal which includes land trades and money between the city of Detroit and the owners of the Ambassador Bridge.
The bridge was closed in both directions for about three hours Tuesday after a blaze engulfed a pickup truck and camper.
Groups in the Del Ray community had claimed the project would create a negative environmental impact in their suit against the Federal Highway Administration.
The agreement involves funding for a toll plaza on the U.S. side of the international crossing.
According to a report, a tentative deal between Canada and the state of Michigan calls for vehicle tolls to fund the plaza.
The man "stopped his car before approaching the inspection booth, exited his vehicle and started walking towards the primary inspection lanes waving a handgun."
Readers of the USA Today have chosen Detroit's riverfront as one of the best in the nation.
Detroit Police say they were informed of the remains from a homeless person. The discovery is about a block east of the Ambassador Bridge.
Under Michigan state law, Kevyn Orr has the power to veto Detroit City Council's vote and go ahead with the $1.4 million sale.
The City Council has until next Friday to vote on a proposal to sell 301 Detroit-owned properties to the state of Michigan for $1.4 million.
Detroit would transfer of 301 city-owned properties to the Michigan Land Bank in exchange for $1.4 million from the Canadian government.
Plans to build a new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario are one step closer to being a done deal.
The family of the Ambassador Bridge's owner has spent more than $1 million since 2009 in a legislative fight against a new government-backed bridge to Canada.
Authorities say the man jumped after being turned away by Canadian officials.
By law, such material must ferried across the Detroit River.
Authorities in Detroit say they found 156 pounds of marijuana hidden in a frozen vegetable shipment from Canada.
A kitten that found itself trapped between countries has been rescued.
Federal agents in Detroit have seized 3,450 rounds of ammunition from a vehicle trying to enter the U.S. from Canada.
Tolls are going up this month at the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
Authorities are accusing a man of trying to smuggle 70 live turtles and tortoises into Canada through Detroit.
The government says it has seized more than $5 million since October at Michigan border entries, up 24 percent compared to the same period a year ago.
The Ambassador Bridge was temporarily closed,after a "suspicious package" was spotted on the Windsor side.
