Train tunnel between Detroit and Windsor pursued

We'd ride it. Windsor is like Detroit's little brother, and every 19-year-old American's playground.

Excerpt from the Associated Press (via BusinessWeek):

A public-private coalition has been formed to lead the effort to raise money and build a new rail-only tunnel under the Detroit River.

The Continental Rail Gateway group seeks to replace a century-old tunnel between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. The new $400 million tunnel also would be built to accommodate double-stacked containers and multilevel rail cars used by shippers and automakers.

The coalition was formed when the Windsor Port Authority joined Canadian Pacific Railway and Borealis Infrastructure, part of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.

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