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Citation |
Schweiterman JP. Transp. Res. Rec. 1993; 1395: 58. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 1993, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing) |
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Abstract |
Along the Michigan-Canada border, government officials and business leaders are engaged in a highly politicized and divisive debate over Canadian National-North America's railroad tunnel project under the St. Clair River. The 6,000-ft tunnel, to link Port Huron, Michigan, and Sarnia, Ontario, is to be Michigan's first transborder facility capable of handling double-stack containers and other oversized rail cars. However, Detroit officials, concerned about their city's status as a rail hub, favor an alternative tunnel location in the Detroit-Windsor area. The economic and social implications of the two tunnel alternatives for the Detroit-Windsor metropolitan area are assessed. Using a methodological approach developed by the Federal Railroad Administration, the results show that the metropolitan Detroit area stands to gain $5.5 million annually if the tunnel is completed as scheduled and $4.5 million annually if the tunnel is built in the immediate Detroit area. Broad lessons are discussed about the municipal implications of rail infrastructure projects--lessons relevant in the analysis of rail projects across the country. Language: en |