The Detroit-Windsor tunnel will completely shut down for 10 days for repairs.
The crossing will close on October 20 at 8 p.m. and will reopen on October 30 at 5:30 a.m. This is in addition to weeknight closures beginning October 30th, for an estimated seven-month period.
"We met with the folks at the Detroit-Windsor tunnel and with the customs officials on both sides of the border and emergency services to figure out a plan to make this as smooth as possible for the two weeks," said Stan Korosec, director of security at the Ambassador Bridge company.
Korosec said that customs officers who would normally be stationed at the tunnel will move over to the bridge to handle extra traffic, especially during busier commuter hours including the morning and evening rush hours.
This was excerpted from the 19 September 2017 edition of CBC News.