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The plan could create up to 3,000 jobs, change the face of Southwest Detroit and speed traffic across the bridge and through the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
To get the plan started, Ambassador Port Co., owned by Moroun, would pay the City of Detroit $30 million to extend the lease on the tunnel and buy about 25 acres of land near the bridge.
“This is a big bet that Detroit’s going to continue to be an international hub,” said Dan Stamper, president of Ambassador Port and the Detroit International Bridge Co., which owns and operates the bridge. “Not everybody’s rushing to Detroit to do things like this. This is good for the city, this is jobs.”
The opportunity to accelerate these efforts is triggered by the proposed purchase of about 25 acres of city-owned land that will allow Ambassador Port to move customs inspections booths from both sides of the Detroit River into a huge 200-acre site he called the International Center.
A road with no entrances or exits would connect the mouth of the tunnel near the Renaissance Center in the middle of downtown with the International Center and its checkpoints, 2 miles away.
The International Center along the U.S. side would be a $150-million to $200-million construction project.
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