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MASSENA — Canadian federal funding for the Seaway International Bridge is set to run out at the end of March. With no American funding set to come into effect, bridge officials are worried. Officials with the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation said Tuesday that additional funding must be secured soon to avoid a negative impact on traffic across the bridge, which includes essential workers and freight shipments. Since the U.S.-Canada border closed in March 2020 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, toll-paying traffic across the Seaway International Bridge has drop...

Author of the article: Jordan Haworth Publishing date: Mar 09, 2021  •  March 10, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  Handout/Cornwall Standard-Freeholder/Postmedia Network This New York Power Authority photo shows a dredger deepening the channel under the south span of the Seaway International Bridge between Cornwall Island and Massena, N.Y., prior to the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959. Article content A recent bill by the Joe Biden administration aimed at tackling COVID-19 issues straining the American economy was approved, but funding for the Seaway International Bridg...

Article content While commercial truck traffic on the Blue Water Bridge ended up close to typical levels in 2020, pandemic restrictions on non-essential travel between Canada and the U.S. resulted in a dramatic drop in passenger vehicles using the international crossing. Todd Kealey of the Federal Bridge Corporation, the Crown corporation that owns and operates the Canadian side of the crossing, said a total of 564,256 passenger vehicles crossed the Blue Water Bridge in 2020, compared to more than 2.9 million the previous year. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing y...

Article content Construction is set to begin in April to convert a former inspection and weigh station on Highway 402 just east of Sarnia into a truck rest stop. It’s part of a provincial plan to repair and expand 14 existing rest areas, create 10 new ones and add truck parking at existing ONroute centres. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Truck rest stop planned for former Highway 402 weigh station Back to video The new rest area project for the westbound lanes of Highway 402 is expected to be completed by July, Ministry of Transportation spoke...