As of Wednesday February 9, 2022, 8:01 Eastern, the CBSA Border Wait Time indicates the Ambassador Bridge is temporarily closed and the alternate crossing of Sarnia Bluewater is experiencing a 4 hour 15 minute delay.
The following is an excerpt from the CBC news.
People protesting pandemic restrictions and lockdowns are preventing vehicles from using the Ambassador Bridge for a second day, with traffic halted from Michigan to Windsor, Ont., and limiting traffic to the U.S. The bridge is one of the busiest international land border crossings in Canada and a major route for transport trucks.
On Tuesday, protest cars and trucks are lining Windsor’s Huron Church Road, the main road connecting Highway 401 to the bridge. Police are asking people to avoid the area, which has been clogged since Monday afternoon. Dozens of vehicles are jamming the area around the bridge in solidarity with convoy protests targeting Ottawa and including other parts of Canada.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) listed the Ambassador Bridge as “temporarily closed” just minutes before midnight Monday, in an update to its website dedicated to border wait times. Windsor police were able to keep one lane of U.S.-bound traffic open Monday and Tuesday, accessed from a side street adjacent to the bridge’s entrance area. No lanes are open to allow vehicles to exit the Ambassador Bridge into Canada.
Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on Tuesday also gave an update on the situations in Windsor as well as Ottawa and Coutts, Alta., where there are similar protests. Mendicino told reporters that additional supports have been provided at other Ontario crossings, including Blue Water, to help with an influx of travellers rerouted from Windsor. The minister said he understands how important it is to keep the roads leading to the bridge open, and has spoken to Dilkens, Kusmierczyk and Windsor-West NDP MP Brian Masse about the issue.
Willson International is following this story as it develops and will provide additional details as they become available.