Gordie Howe International Bridge nearing completion

Meanwhile work to complete Canada’s newest border crossing is nearing the finish line.

The Gordie Howe International Bridge is less than 5 per cent of the job away from completion.

The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority held meetings to update the public this afternoon.

Work is underway to finish preparing roads, buildings, and landscaping.

Bridge officials say the two-and-a-half-kilometre long entry is on track for a fall opening.

“Making sure that point A and point B are talking to each other, that when someone goes to the toll booth that the boom will open, making sure that the border agencies have everything that they need at their primary and secondary inspection, that our overhead traffic management signs are working. So there’s a lot of from an operations perspective that we need to make sure it’s ready to go on the day that we do open to traffic,” said Heather Grondin, Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority chief relations officer.