WINDSOR, Ont. — Three levels of government are moving ahead with $357,000 in road improvements on feeder routes to the Windsor-Detroit Border.

Canada, Ontario, in partnership with the City of Windsor, have announced infrastructure upgrades to the overwhelmed Huron Church Rd. and the end Hwy 401 West under the Let’s Get Windsor-Essex Moving strategy — a $300 million strategy to improve traffic flow at existing crossings at the Windsor-Detroit Gateway.

Coco Paving Inc. of Windsor starts construction this week on the project, which includes lengthening the northbound left-turn lane on Huron Church Road at Industrial Drive to reduce line-ups for U.S.-bound trucks accessing the truck pre-processing facility.

These intersection improvements will improve traffic flow on Huron Church Road and reduce congestion related to truck queuing, the Ontario government says. The work is expected to be completed by mid August 2006.

Construction will require the temporary closure of the northbound and southbound passing lanes, reducing traffic to two lanes in both directions.

Additional traffic information will be posted on the Ontario Ministry of Transportation road information website at www.roadinfo.mto.gov.on.ca.

In addition to the Huron Church Road/Industrial Drive project, construction is also set to begin in June 2006 on the advance utility relocation for the road-rail grade separation on Walker Road at Grand Marais.

Several more projects will complete the environmental assessment/ engineering phases in early 2007, including Highway 401 widening from east of Highway 3 to west of Manning Rd.; Windsor-Detroit Tunnel Plaza Master Plan improvements; and environmental assessment of a road-rail grade separation on Howard Avenue.