(PORT HURON) — Congresswoman Candice Miller and U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow recently wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shaun Donovan urging the Administration to make the expansion of a customs plaza for the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron a high priority for funding in the Fiscal Year 2017 budget. Despite land being cleared and 100 properties demolished in Port Huron for the expansion, funding for the customs plaza construction has yet to be allocated. The Blue Water Bridge is the United States’ third-busiest land border crossing in value of shipments. In 2011, President Obama and Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper outlined the Blue Water Bridge as a top priority in a plan to commit significant investments in physical infrastructure at key crossings to improve congestion and speed at U.S.-Canadian border crossings.
