Very informative , as always, and well done. Perhaps in another video you could show a larger view of the landscape surrounding this bridge, I 'd love to see the changes from what I remember in the 70's. Many thanks.
Hi vehdynam. Merry Christmas. Thank you for the kind words, and your welcome. If you browse through the playlists you will find neighbours to the Gordie Howe Bridge, maybe some relative information in some of those videos. Is there a particular area you are interested in? Let me know and maybe I can incorporate it into a future video. 🎄🎁😎👍
Another informative and entertaining video, Bob! Thanks for the info on the expansion joints. I wondered about where the tolls were going to be collected. There didn't seem like anything on the US side and the toll booths on the Canadian side looked ready to handle traffic in each direction
It is a private public partnership. A crown corporation was created. To improve the experience of border crossings. Quarterbacked by federal government to assemble the pieces. A whole of government approach is used like when the plague hit. Which delayed and escalated the price tag. Which the tolls will pay. Not intended to be commercial venture for profit.
Right. PPPs are not transparent and weighted on the globalist agenda from what I can figure out. There are about 400 mega corporations allowed to tender on the large infrastructure projects like the Gordie Howe Bridge, Herb gray Parkway or the NextStar Battery Gigafactory. Our government should not be partnered with any business. JMO.
@@bobjonesrealtor7756 What is the logic that all local retailers have to pay duty on these goods that they import and are trying to sell, but they have to compete with a group of stores that don't have to pay duty on the goods they are selling ?
Hi sps. That is a very interesting question I don't have a great answer for, so I did a quick search to learn about it. This is what I found; Duty-free shops operate under a unique business model that differs from local retailers. The logic behind duty-free stores is based on several key factors: Location and customer base: Duty-free shops are typically located in international airports, seaports, and border crossings. They cater exclusively to international travelers, not local consumers. Export-oriented sales: Products sold in duty-free shops are considered exports, as they are intended to be taken out of the country by travelers. This is why these goods are exempt from local taxes and import duties. Government regulations: Duty-free shops operate under specific legal frameworks that allow them to sell goods without charging certain taxes and duties. This is based on the principle that taxes should not be imposed on goods that will be consumed outside the country of purchase. Limited competition: Duty-free shops do not directly compete with local retailers. Instead, they compete with other duty-free shops across international borders8. Restricted access: Only travelers with valid boarding passes can access duty-free shops, further separating them from the local retail market. Revenue generation for travel infrastructure: Sales from duty-free shops provide an important revenue stream for airports and other travel hubs, which is reinvested in infrastructure and operations. It's important to note that while duty-free shops don't pay certain taxes and duties, this doesn't always translate to lower prices for consumers. In many cases, duty-free prices may be similar to or even higher than local retail prices due to factors such as: Higher operating costs in airports and other travel locations Limited competition within the duty-free environment Pricing strategies that take advantage of travelers' perceptions of savings Therefore, while duty-free shops have a tax advantage, they operate in a distinct market with its own set of economic factors and constraints. Hope it helps! Thanks for the question.
I agree, Michael. They are going to have other vendors in the plaza so it only makes sense there would be a duty free. Who knows, maybe when it opens it will be there. Thanks for the comment. Merry Christmas.:) 🎄🎁😎👍
Thanks, Mr. Jones. Your videos always provide current information on several different subjects. The expansion joint information is of particular interest by describing how the project team is going to handle this critical connection. I assume that it will be similar om the US side. Thanks again for the informative video. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, to you and yours.
Thank you very much for the compliment! Merry Christmas right back at you and your loved ones. I hope Santa brings you everything you might want or need!!🎄🎁😎👍
I got it !!!!! Bob & Co Trading Shack. You set it up Ill be the General Manager because you will be the Face of Bob and Co on all Media platforms. Problem solved
Hi Katt. Thank you for the support. As for Al Gore's influence, nope. I do believe we should reduce the pollutants in the air, water, and foods we depend on for survival. The world will end agenda, nope. Politics. Merry Christmas!! 🎄🎁😎👍
@@AlleyKatt Lol. Got me. Yup it does.😎 I use google as a browser and find it slanted to the left. I heard duckduckgo was a more balanced browser, but it wouldn't load on my comp. any suggestions for a good search engine that offers both sides some balance in search information. A lot of news is censored from Canada. Thanks for the comment!
4 billion dollars over on a 2 billion dollar bridge?!? I'd like to see a video on where that money went. Nobody involved with this project budget projection should ever be allowed near a government project again!
@@northlander4370 but it's an issue for the residents of SW Detroit who going to have to put with its Cr*ppy construction and design. Wouldn't surprise me there is corruption here!
More like $2 billion was an unrealistic and laughably low figure by the company initially bidding on the project. It’s not uncommon for a company to low ball a big contract to get the project and then come up with every excuse under the sun on why it’s going to cost more after the fact. The entity that awarded the contract to the builder should have seen that as a big red flag from the very beginning. If it cost $5 billion to build an NFL stadium in California (Sofi Stadium) then what made people think that a major bridge that carries 25% of the trade between USA and Canada was going to be less than half? 😂
Hi Roaddog. The contract for the bridge is for operation and maintenance for thirty years. Your right we'll be gone, but we'll have the bridge in the meantime.🎄🎁😎👍
This bridge wasn't needed (at that cost). It will never pay for itself, and was only constructed because some Canadian bureaucrats didn't think that it was right that one man should be allowed to make all of the money from ownership of the Ambassador Bridge. Canadian taxpayers are once again on the hook for foolish government projects. By the way Canadians are currently paying 1 Billion dollars a WEEK in interest payments on the National Debt. Let that sink in. Government policies are the MAIN reason for inflation, as much as they want to deflect from that fact.
Our government is in my opinion corrupt to the core and beyond, if that's possible. The bridge and the Herb Gray Parkway support growth in the Essex County area in a big way, I'm all for it. Merry Christmas!!🎄🎁😎👍
Maybe this is not the place, but we should talk about the ugly Elephant in the room, Donald Drumpf, and his threat of 25 tariffs, making the Canadian Expenditure on the bridge questionable. I'm sure come inauguration, Trump will there doing his stupid dance, and taking credit for its construction.
The bridge was needed one way or the other. Trade will increase due to it. If Trump wants to dance on the bridge, more power to him. I'm more worried Trudeau will still be King of Canada when Trump signs in. He is dilutional and needs to resign now. JMPO. 🎄🎁😎👍
@@bobjonesrealtor7756 Really? Were tariffs to be enacted, it would devastate the Ontario auto industry, auto parts that cross back and forth between Ontario Michigan several times before being assembled into a finished product. The Orange Doofus is trying to kill Canada/U.S. trade, the bridge will not be necessary.
It's simply speculation at this time. Trump wanted a reaction and he is getting what he wanted. He makes statements to throw the balance off and trigger emotional response. It's working big time. The Canadian Government is finally doing something with the border problem and the immigration and refugee debacle. Why? Fear, is my guess. When it comes down to initiating the tariffs, it may happen, but Trump is not stupid, if he tries to punish Canada the States will suffer financially as well. Consider his actions will not go unchecked with our own pushback. We will never know the real truth, but from what I see right now it was a brilliant move.
I always enjoy your videos as they explain what is going on at the Canadian side of the river (bridge). Thank You for making them.
Hi Bud. Thank you for the kind words. I'm open to video suggestions if you have anything in mind. Merry Christmas!! 🎄🎁😎👍
Great Video keep up the good work
Very informative , as always, and well done. Perhaps in another video you could show a larger view of the landscape surrounding this bridge, I 'd love to see the changes from what I remember in the 70's. Many thanks.
Hi vehdynam. Merry Christmas. Thank you for the kind words, and your welcome. If you browse through the playlists you will find neighbours to the Gordie Howe Bridge, maybe some relative information in some of those videos. Is there a particular area you are interested in? Let me know and maybe I can incorporate it into a future video. 🎄🎁😎👍
Good video Bob. Happy New Year.
Hi Madawaska. Thank you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours🎄🎁😎👍
Thanks Bob Great video as usual. No duty free? Bummer!
Hi Bob. Lol. Thank you for the compliment. Merry Christmas. 🎄🎁😎👍
Another informative and entertaining video, Bob! Thanks for the info on the expansion joints. I wondered about where the tolls were going to be collected. There didn't seem like anything on the US side and the toll booths on the Canadian side looked ready to handle traffic in each direction
Thanks Uncle Pete. A very Merry Christmas to you and yours. :) 🎁😎👍🎄
Thanks Bob for the update!
You are more than welcome. Thanks for being here. Merry Christmas!! 🎄🎁😎👍
It is a private public partnership. A crown corporation was created. To improve the experience of border crossings. Quarterbacked by federal government to assemble the pieces. A whole of government approach is used like when the plague hit. Which delayed and escalated the price tag. Which the tolls will pay. Not intended to be commercial venture for profit.
Right. PPPs are not transparent and weighted on the globalist agenda from what I can figure out. There are about 400 mega corporations allowed to tender on the large infrastructure projects like the Gordie Howe Bridge, Herb gray Parkway or the NextStar Battery Gigafactory. Our government should not be partnered with any business. JMO.
No duty free means that someone yielded to pressure from perhaps the other duty free outlets or the owner of the bridge of the other crossing.
I wouldn't doubt that for a second.🎄🎁😎👍
Duty free should be part of the bridge.
I agree 100%! Merry Christmas!!🎄🎁😎👍
@@bobjonesrealtor7756 What is the logic that all local retailers have to pay duty on these goods that they import and are trying to sell, but they have to compete with a group of stores that don't have to pay duty on the goods they are selling ?
Hi sps. That is a very interesting question I don't have a great answer for, so I did a quick search to learn about it. This is what I found;
Duty-free shops operate under a unique business model that differs from local retailers. The logic behind duty-free stores is based on several key factors:
Location and customer base: Duty-free shops are typically located in international airports, seaports, and border crossings. They cater exclusively to international travelers, not local consumers.
Export-oriented sales: Products sold in duty-free shops are considered exports, as they are intended to be taken out of the country by travelers. This is why these goods are exempt from local taxes and import duties.
Government regulations: Duty-free shops operate under specific legal frameworks that allow them to sell goods without charging certain taxes and duties. This is based on the principle that taxes should not be imposed on goods that will be consumed outside the country of purchase.
Limited competition: Duty-free shops do not directly compete with local retailers. Instead, they compete with other duty-free shops across international borders8.
Restricted access: Only travelers with valid boarding passes can access duty-free shops, further separating them from the local retail market.
Revenue generation for travel infrastructure: Sales from duty-free shops provide an important revenue stream for airports and other travel hubs, which is reinvested in infrastructure and operations.
It's important to note that while duty-free shops don't pay certain taxes and duties, this doesn't always translate to lower prices for consumers. In many cases, duty-free prices may be similar to or even higher than local retail prices due to factors such as:
Higher operating costs in airports and other travel locations
Limited competition within the duty-free environment
Pricing strategies that take advantage of travelers' perceptions of savings
Therefore, while duty-free shops have a tax advantage, they operate in a distinct market with its own set of economic factors and constraints.
Hope it helps! Thanks for the question.
More strength of materials as we have a lesson on the linear coefficient of expansion. Merry Christmas.
Hi Robert. Aha! So that is what it was. Lol. I love to learn, Thanks Robert. Merry Christmas to you and yours! Glad to have you in the community:)🎄🎁😎👍
Three of the 3 duty free stores at the tunnel and Abridge are owned by Matty, so the GHB need duty free stores
I agree, Michael. They are going to have other vendors in the plaza so it only makes sense there would be a duty free. Who knows, maybe when it opens it will be there.
Thanks for the comment. Merry Christmas.:) 🎄🎁😎👍
Thanks, Mr. Jones. Your videos always provide current information on several different subjects. The expansion joint information is of particular interest by describing how the project team is going to handle this critical connection. I assume that it will be similar om the US side. Thanks again for the informative video. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, to you and yours.
Thank you very much for the compliment! Merry Christmas right back at you and your loved ones. I hope Santa brings you everything you might want or need!!🎄🎁😎👍
I think they should install equipment on the toll plazas capable of accepting EZPass. Michigan should get on-board with EZPass.
Hi David. Merry Christmas! I think they are setting it up for the frequent users. It will make it better for sure.
The time saved crossing the new bridge far out weights no duty fee shop as I seldom stopped anyways.
Hi Canadian Proud. Nice nickname:) No doubt about that. But it would draw more traffic if it did in my opinion. 🎄🎁😎👍
No duty free shop? That's just shortsighed. What an incredible bridge though.
Maybe it'll come later. They are said to be working on it.🎄🎁😎👍
I got it !!!!! Bob & Co Trading Shack. You set it up Ill be the General Manager because you will be the Face of Bob and Co on all Media platforms. Problem solved
Lol. Hi Thomas. If you have the money I have the time:) 🎄🎁😎👍
Commenting to support only. Apparently Al Gore's ithm influences RUclips on the Canadian side, too.
Hi Katt. Thank you for the support. As for Al Gore's influence, nope. I do believe we should reduce the pollutants in the air, water, and foods we depend on for survival. The world will end agenda, nope. Politics. Merry Christmas!! 🎄🎁😎👍
@@bobjonesrealtor7756 RUclips's "algorithm", Bob.
@@AlleyKatt Lol. Got me. Yup it does.😎 I use google as a browser and find it slanted to the left. I heard duckduckgo was a more balanced browser, but it wouldn't load on my comp. any suggestions for a good search engine that offers both sides some balance in search information. A lot of news is censored from Canada. Thanks for the comment!
Missed opportunity
I agree!🎄🎁😎👍
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Thank you! Merry Christmas!!🎄🎁😎👍
No duty free how about a Tim Hortons instead
Tim's is popular, cheaper booze more so. :) 🎄🎁😎👍
4 billion dollars over on a 2 billion dollar bridge?!? I'd like to see a video on where that money went. Nobody involved with this project budget projection should ever be allowed near a government project again!
Canada is paying for the bridge so no issue for the U S government.
🎄🎁😎👍🇺🇸🇨🇦
Hi John. Blamed on covid. The government shouldn't be allowed near projects like this.🎄🎁😎👍
@@northlander4370 but it's an issue for the residents of SW Detroit who going to have to put with its Cr*ppy construction and design. Wouldn't surprise me there is corruption here!
More like $2 billion was an unrealistic and laughably low figure by the company initially bidding on the project. It’s not uncommon for a company to low ball a big contract to get the project and then come up with every excuse under the sun on why it’s going to cost more after the fact. The entity that awarded the contract to the builder should have seen that as a big red flag from the very beginning.
If it cost $5 billion to build an NFL stadium in California (Sofi Stadium) then what made people think that a major bridge that carries 25% of the trade between USA and Canada was going to be less than half? 😂
We'll all be dead before they ever break even on this. Moral of the story is bid $1 on to win government contracts then say oops later.
Hi Roaddog. The contract for the bridge is for operation and maintenance for thirty years. Your right we'll be gone, but we'll have the bridge in the meantime.🎄🎁😎👍
This bridge wasn't needed (at that cost). It will never pay for itself, and was only constructed because some Canadian bureaucrats didn't think that it was right that one man should be allowed to make all of the money from ownership of the Ambassador Bridge. Canadian taxpayers are once again on the hook for foolish government projects. By the way Canadians are currently paying 1 Billion dollars a WEEK in interest payments on the National Debt. Let that sink in. Government policies are the MAIN reason for inflation, as much as they want to deflect from that fact.
Our government is in my opinion corrupt to the core and beyond, if that's possible. The bridge and the Herb Gray Parkway support growth in the Essex County area in a big way, I'm all for it. Merry Christmas!!🎄🎁😎👍
Maybe this is not the place, but we should talk about the ugly Elephant in the room, Donald Drumpf, and his threat of 25 tariffs, making the Canadian Expenditure on the bridge questionable. I'm sure come inauguration, Trump will there doing his stupid dance, and taking credit for its construction.
The bridge was needed one way or the other. Trade will increase due to it. If Trump wants to dance on the bridge, more power to him. I'm more worried Trudeau will still be King of Canada when Trump signs in. He is dilutional and needs to resign now. JMPO. 🎄🎁😎👍
@@bobjonesrealtor7756 Really? Were tariffs to be enacted, it would devastate the Ontario auto industry, auto parts that cross back and forth between Ontario Michigan several times before being assembled into a finished product. The Orange Doofus is trying to kill Canada/U.S. trade, the bridge will not be necessary.
@@bobjonesrealtor7756 Trump needs to be jailed, now! If you're Canadian, the delusional one is you.
@@bobjonesrealtor7756 Charles is king of Canada. Trudeau is an a appointed 4 year dictator.
It's simply speculation at this time. Trump wanted a reaction and he is getting what he wanted. He makes statements to throw the balance off and trigger emotional response. It's working big time. The Canadian Government is finally doing something with the border problem and the immigration and refugee debacle. Why? Fear, is my guess. When it comes down to initiating the tariffs, it may happen, but Trump is not stupid, if he tries to punish Canada the States will suffer financially as well.
Consider his actions will not go unchecked with our own pushback. We will never know the real truth, but from what I see right now it was a brilliant move.