Business Transportation Task Force Report to The Hon. Allan Rock, Minister of Industry and Minister Responsible for Border Infrastructure

Terms of Reference

Task Force Composition

Situational Analysis

Recommendations

Highlights of Stakeholder Presentations

The following section represents Highlights of the numerous stakeholder presentations heard by the Business Transportation Task Force.  A complete copy of each of their presentations is included as Appendices.
The Highlighted/Excerpts are:

1.     Dr. John Taylor, Associate Professor of Marketing and Logistics, Seidman School of Business, Grand Valley State University
Long Term Border Management:  A Case, Alternative Strategies, and Issues (June 13, 2002)

2.     Detroit & Canada Tunnel Corporation, Gordon Jarvis
A Vision For The Detroit Windsor Tunnel (June 27, 2002)

3.     Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Bruce McCuaig
Windsor-Detroit Gateway – Bi-National Planning Process (July 11, 2002)

4.     Michigan Department of Transportation, Andrew Zeigler
The Ambassador Bridge/Gateway Project Summary Report (July 11, 2002)

5.     Canadian Transit Company, Remo Mancini, Skip McMahon
Ambassador Bridge – A Model Border Crossing For The 21^st Century (July 11, 2002)

6.     Mich-Can International Bridge, Ross Clarke
The Detroit- Windsor Third Crossing (July 11, 2002)

7.     Detroit Rail Tunnel Partnership, Michael Sheahan
The Windsor-Detroit TradeWay Proposal (July 11, 2002)

8.     City of Windsor, John Tofflemire
Border/Corridor Historical Context/Short Term Alternative Concepts Discussion (July 11, 2002)

September 2002