WINDSOR, Ont. — Bison, the Winnipeg-based carrier known across the continent for its green business practices, just got a light of that very same color from the City of Windsor to build a $2.5-million facility on the edge of town.

According to the Windsor Star, the new marshalling yard will allow Bison to run its long-combination vehicles (LCVs) to the border but separate them before they enter Michigan, where the long doubles are not yet allowed to operate.

The use of LCVs in Ontario is still subject to very stringent conditions, and truckers who want to use them in their yards are responsible for modifying the access roads and rights-of-way to provincial highways.

Bison’s new yard will be at the southeast corner of Highway 77 and the 401.

When the issue was first introduced to Windsor City Council in April, some councillors worried that traffic congestion might lead to more signals that the city would have to pay for but the developer is reportedly committed to pay for any road.

Bison has been part of Ontario’s LCV pilot project but has been running LCVs in Western Canada for several years. In total, Bison has run more than 15 million miles with the big rigs and says the practice has reduced GHG emissions by about 40 percent.