OTTAWA — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Borealis Transportation Infrastructure Trust said they are mulling options to improve cross-border traffic flow at Windsor, Ont., the Globe and Mail reports.
The companies’ Detroit River Tunnel Partnership will examine the possibility of converting its existing rail corridor and two rail tubes under the Detroit River into a new truck route. The partnership will also look at developing a new rail tunnel in the same corridor.
The project could be completed in five years, the companies said.
Currently, about 25 per cent of all Canada-U.S. trade passes through Windsor. Borealis, which is owned by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Board, acquired a 50-per-cent stake in the Detroit River tunnel last year from Canadian National Railway Co.