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Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry to Close for Improvement Project

Truckers that use the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry to get their hazmat and oversized loads across the border are facing a long detour for the next few months.

The ferry will suspend operations between Nov. 23 and Feb 15, 2010, while it builds a new dock and terminal in Windsor.

The company recently received an $8.8 million infrastructure improvement grant from Transport Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Transport for the Windsor terminal construction, reports the Journal of Commerce . The improvements should allow the ferry to run more frequently than the 10 trips a day it has been making.

According to Crain's Detroit Business , 40 to 50 trucks use the ferry daily to haul hazardous materials, which aren't allowed on the Ambassador Bridge or the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.

During the renovation, trucks will have to cross into Canada at the Blue Water Bridge between Port Huron, Mich., and Sarnia, Ontario, about a 150-mile round trip.

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