Ambassador Bridge Plans to Be Reviewed by Michigan DOT

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The owner of the bridge that connects Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, has applied for $1 billion in U.S. bonds to help pay for a new twin span, and the state agency that will help make that decision is a chief competitor in building a new bridge, the Detroit News reported.The Michigan Department of Transportation will recommend whether Moroun’s Detroit International Bridge Co. will get the tax-exempt bonds, the newspaper reported Wednesday.The four-lane bridge carries more than 10,000 commercial vehicles on a typical weekday.MDOT is pursuing its own plan to build a new bridge, working in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration and Canadian provincial and federal authorities, the News reported.An MDOT spokesman said it is not a conflict of interest for MDOT to make a recommendation on Moroun’s bond request, the newspaper said.The entity that will rule on the bond request is the Michigan Strategic Fund Board, an arm of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., the News reported.