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Busy weekend expected for Windsor-Detroit Tunnel
A busy weekend is expected at the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel. Tunnel CEO Tal Czudner said whenever the Toronto Blue Jays are in Detroit, it's the busiest weekend for the tunnel. He said traffic at the tunnel is expected to pick up at least two hours before game time. 'Now you have two division leaders so that even ramps up the interest and the volume. The politics aside, this is one of those things where your loyalty to the Tigers and the Jays will push you across the border and the busiest time, it starts to pick up approximately two hours before game time,' said Czudner. Czudner said both sides of the border are aware it's a busy weekend. 'Our friends at CBSA and CBP, they're all aware of the fact that this is a busy weekend and they're going to do what they can to try and get more booths open, but we're still an international border crossing so there might be an enhanced level of security that does go up or down depending on what is happening,' said Czudner. 'So instead of three questions, you might be asked five questions when you're going through.' He recommends having your documents ready, 'You want to get through as quick as you can. So get a Nexpress card, throw that in your window so that you pay toll quicker, then make sure you have your Nexus card or your passport ready when you're entering customs just so that way you can speed up the process. Thirty seconds for every person adds up to a big difference.' Czudner said if you're going to the game Friday, you should be at the tunnel by 4:30 p.m. to beat the tunnel traffic. He said if you're heading to the game on Saturday, be at the tunnel by 4 p.m., and for Sunday's game, be at the tunnel by 11:30 a.m. Czudner said after those times, the tunnel will start to back up. The Blue Jays and Tigers kicked off a four-game set on Thursday, with the Jays picking up the win. — Rob Hindi, AM800 News
CBC
21-05-2025
- CBC
Long-weekend travel through Windsor-Detroit tunnel down 3 per cent, CEO says
U.S.-bound traffic through the Windsor-Detroit tunnel was down approximately three per cent over the Victoria Day long weekend compared with the same period last year, according to the tunnel's CEO. It's a similar change in traffic to the Easter weekend in April when U.S.-bound traffic was down around four per cent, Tal Czudner said. "Our traffic is actually pretty comparable 2024 to 2025 just because we have so many daily commuters and people who use the tunnel kind of as part of their normal routine," Czudner said. But, he added, "weekend traffic the last couple months has been down, usually, 15 to 18 per cent." Those numbers relate to the number of vehicles crossing the border, not the number of individual people, Czudner added. The number of people crossing is down about 20 per cent each week for the past two months, he said, signalling a significant dip in what he called "discretionary travel" — while the number of single-occupant vehicles carrying cross-border workers remains fairly consistent. At the same time, he said, the relatively minor dips in travel over the course of the past two long weekends suggests that Canadians are still traveling to the U.S. on special occasions. Some of the traffic headed south over the May long weekend was bound for the Post Malone and Jelly Roll concert at Detroit's Ford Field, he said. April numbers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection show U.S.-bound passenger vehicle travel across the Ambassador Bridge and through the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel, was down nearly seven per cent over all compared with April of 2024 – from approximately 287,000 vehicles in April of 2024 to approximately 267,000 vehicles in 2025. In fact, the number of passenger vehicles crossing into the U.S. via those two crossings has been down an average of 21,000 per month from February through April. Passenger vehicle traffic across the Blue Water Bridge and on the Walpole Algonac Ferry in the Sarnia area, meanwhile, was down nearly 30 per cent in April compared with April of 2024 — from around 78,400 vehicles to around 55,100. Nationwide, Canadian residents' return trips to the United States by car dropped 35.2 per cent in April compared with April of 2024, according to Statistics Canada.
