The U.S. State Department announced a presidential permit is issued to Michigan for the New International Trade Crossing between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, moving the project an important step closer to completion, Todd Spangler reports in the Free Press.
“This is all about jobs for today and tomorrow,” Gov. Rick Snyder said in a news release. “This is a major construction project that is expected to create 12,000 direct jobs and as many as 31,000 indirect jobs. Getting Michigan-made products to more markets faster will enhance our economic competitiveness in the future and help our state create more jobs.”
Snyder is scheduled to hold a news conference in Detroit this afternoon officially announcing the issuance of the permit, which was applied for last summer by the state and the Canadian government. Canada has agreed to pick up the state’s $550-million share of the bridge.
