A ferry company is looking to set up a link between Windsor and Detroit.
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“Commuters are a big piece of it,” he said. “That would be critical
to the success. Downtown Detroit hospitals shuttling to the ferry
creates a regular schedule so they know when people will get to work as
opposed to the bridge and tunnel (where wait times are unpredictable).
I believe they see this as a real benefit.”
Just over a month
ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation committed $7 million in
federal stimulus money to Detroit to build a shoreline passenger
terminal and offshore wharf which is under construction. Work on the
location between Hart Plaza and the Renaissance Center is expected to
be completed by next spring.
The funding announcement was done
with an eye toward supporting passenger ferry service. U.S. Sen. Carl
Levin (D — Mich) told the Detroit Free Press the grant will enhance
transportation and tourism along the Detroit River that will “hopefully
provide a much-needed economic boost to the region.”
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