Detroit Informer

Hazardous Materials Ban On Bridge Could Be Lifted DETROIT (AP) – The Michigan Department of Transportation has recommended lifting a ban on trucking hazardous materials across the Ambassador Bridge that connects the U.S. and Canada, and the idea has prompted concerns on both sides of the border. Full News here – Read more on CBS [...]

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Not everyone in the community is happy, but it’s a start.” Full News here – Detroit News

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Detroit — Construction of a long-sought new Detroit River crossing took a major step forward Friday with the signing of a presidential permit clearing the way for Canada and Michigan to assemble land for the $ 2.1 billion six-lane bridge. Full News here – Metro/State News RSS from The Detroit News

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Bill Shea – Gov. Rick Snyder today called the $ 2.1 billion New International Trade Crossing a gateway for “jobs today and tomorrow” after the U.S. State Department issued a key permit for the bridge over the Detroit River. “This is a major construction project that is expected to create 12,000 direct jobs and as [...]

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“We have taken today what is undoubted the greatest relationship between two nations anywhere in the world and we’ve made it a little better.” Full News here – Detroit News

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"This is huge," Gov. Rick Snyder said Friday in announcing that the Obama administration approved a permit clearing the way for a new $ 2 billion six-lane bridge crossing between Detroit and Windsor. "It's more than a bridge to me. It’s about jobs and our future in this state." Full News here – Metro/State News [...]

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DETROIT, MI – President Barack Obama’s administration signed off on a needed permit to build a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor. The news nears final approval – pending the outcome of lawsuits – for the massive project, which is… Full News here – Detroit Business News

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Michigan has won approval to build a second bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. Full News here – Click On Detroit News

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A Republican Michigan lawmaker is seeking to crack down on welfare abuse by ensuring the state isn’t giving out food assistance to dead people. Full News here – freep

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City leaders were told Friday that the federal government isn’t interested in continuing the project, which began in 2002. Full News here – freep

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Aaron Robinson: Battling Government, Detroit Bridge Raises National Issues The Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit with Windsor, Ontario, is a hoary junkyard dog of old infrastructure. Built by private investors hoping to reap fortunes from its tolls, its 7500 feet of strung cable, suspended concrete, and latticework-steel … Full News here – Read more on Car [...]

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A recent Daily Show segment on cable TV’s Comedy Central about opposition to the new publicly owned bridge across the Detroit River that Gov. Rick Snyder wants to build is a perfect example of why we love the show. Serious journalists (and even the semi-serious here at the MT) have, at last count, printed exactly 4.35 [...]

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By noon today, the state Department of Technology, Management and Budget was more than halfway through fixing a problem that left about 85,000 low-income families without food assistance this week. Full News here – freep

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Gov. Rick Snyder used a visit to Canada this week to praise the economic benefits of the planned new Canadian-financed bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. Full News here – Crain’s Detroit Business – News Feeds

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For most attending Tuesday’s meeting, the big question was whether to repaint the bridge in a historic color or retain the “Laker Blue” that matches Grand Valley State University’s school colors. Full News here – Oakland Business

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