{"id":7595,"date":"2013-03-30T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=7595"},"modified":"2013-03-28T13:21:55","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T17:21:55","slug":"major-border-crossing-slated-for-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2013\/03\/30\/major-border-crossing-slated-for-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Major border crossing slated for upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This border crossing between Champlain, NY and St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, QC is due for a makeover that could cost $47 million. Photo: Atilin<\/a>, CC some rights reserved<\/p><\/div>\n

The Canadian portion of an important regional border crossing is slated for improvments over the next 3 years.<\/p>\n

As detailed by\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Champlain-St. Bernard de Lacolle<\/strong>\u00a0connects\u00a0Champlain<\/a>,\u00a0New York<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0St-Bernard-de-Lacolle<\/a>,Quebec<\/a>\u00a0and is the terminus of\u00a0Interstate 87<\/a>\u00a0in the U.S. and\u00a0Autoroute 15<\/a>\u00a0in Canada. This route is the primary corridor between\u00a0Montreal<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0New York City<\/a>. It is the second-busiest US-Canada border crossing that is not located at a bridge. This crossing is open 24 Hours per day, 365 days per year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On Wednesday Canada’s\u00a0Federal Transport Minister Denis Lebel announced<\/a> that “up to” $47 million will be spent to upgrade <\/span><\/span>infrastructure\u00a0at\u00a0Lacolle Border Crossing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to this <\/span>CTV Montreal report<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Lacolle is a critical commercial border crossing for Canada-US trade with over $21 billion in two-way trade in 2012,” said Lebel. “We will make it efficient, reliable and secure for trade and travel.”<\/p>\n

Last year 780,000 vehicles came through the Lacolle border crossing, which is one of the busiest in Canada.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CTV says customs and immigration checkpoint lanes will be nearly doubled and two more Nexus express lanes will be added.<\/p>\n

The Montreal Gazette reports this work is slated to begin this year and would\u00a0compliment previous projects<\/a> in the area on both side of the border:<\/p>\n

In 2006, the federal and Quebec government spent over $86 million on improvements to Highway 15 leading to the Lacolle port of entry, a new commercial vehicle safety inspection station, and intelligent transportation systems.<\/p>\n

Likewise, in 2009, the United States spent $90 million redeveloping the adjacent port of entry at Champlain, N.Y.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is the CBSA info page<\/a> for that crossing (ST-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE: HIGHWAY 15)\u00a0and just for fun here’s a live camera<\/a> of what’s happening there now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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