Southwestern Ontario's border crossings saw a decline in commercial and truck traffic volumes last year. The Ambassador Bridge's Director of Security, Canadian Government Relations Stan Korosec referred to a Public Operators Association report during an address to Seaway Kiwanians Tuesday afternoon. The bridge between Windsor and Detroit saw a total decline in traffic volume of nearly 233-thousand vehicles, or 3.25% compared to 2014. The Blue Water Bridge saw a significant decrease of 10.53%, about 563-thousand vehicles and a decrease in passenger cars of 15.42%, or 580-thousand vehicles. Korosec says the Canadian dollar had a huge impact on commercial numbers. "Especially at border crossings we experience a lot of shoppers or tourists. Canadians make about 75% to 80% of the trips across the Canada/U.S. border, and with the dollar the way that it is, those numbers are not being made up by U.S. citizens or residents coming to Canada."
He adds a 2006 U.S. law limiting the number of accepted documents at border crossings has further reduced traffic volumes. Changes in the auto industry was a major factor limiting the amount of truck traffic volumes.
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