Harper vows that DRIC bridge will be built before he leaves office:
http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2012/04...will-be-built/
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper has offered a guarantee the $1-billion government-backed Windsor Detroit bridge will soon get built.
He predicted Monday the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) downriver bridge will proceed “before I leave office.”
Harper made the remark during a question and answer session in Washington in the wake of the one-day North American Leaders Summit, according to the Toronto Star.
The DRIC bridge project has been delayed for months after being rejected last fall by a state Senate committee in Lansing.
Political approval in Michigan remains the last major hurdle before construction can begin on the crossing which would link the industrial communities of Brighton Beach and Delray.
Canada has offered Michigan up to $550 million to pay for its share of the project, but state politicians have been heavily lobbied by Ambassador Bridge billionaire owner Matty Moroun and so far refused to give approval.
Harper during his response also described opposition by the Moroun family as “ludicrous.”
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