The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) updated its official border-wait portal at 06:15 EDT on September 17, reminding motorists and commercial drivers that maintenance work in the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel is causing intermittent closures and lane reductions until September 19. The cross-border artery typically sees more than 12,000 passenger vehicles and 800 trucks each weekday, many shuttling executives and time-critical auto parts between Ontario and Michigan plants. Although today’s live dashboard showed “No Delay” at publication time, CBSA cautions that wait times can spike above 45 minutes when ventilation fans are shut down for inspection. Companies relying on just-in-time deliveries are advised to reroute via the Ambassador Bridge or schedule shipments outside peak hours—07:00-09:00 and 15:30-18:00. Travel-management firms report a 26 % uptick this week in last-minute rail or puddle-jumper flight bookings between Toronto and Detroit as travellers hedge against potential tunnel snarls. Hotels on the Windsor riverfront have also extended flexible check-in policies for U.S. visitors caught in traffic. CBSA says it will post real-time updates every 30 minutes while the work continues. Organisations can integrate the agency’s open API into mobility dashboards to trigger automatic trip-re-booking when thresholds exceed internal service-level agreements.
Source: Canada Border Services Agency
