"The NITC will strengthen our nation’s bond with Canada – Michigan’s largest trading partner – by providing a secure alternative route to Ontario and significantly increasing the capacity for increased trade between our two countries." Carl Levin
“Completion of the (NITC) will assure adequate border mobility for the auto industry for many decades into the future.” UAW
“This new bridge means not only immediate jobs and long-term economic growth for southeast Michigan, but for the entire state,” Governor William G. Milliken
"We need to build this bridge.:" Governor Rick Snyder
"To put it in a nutshell, this new bridge is an investment in the future of the North American economy, North American trade and North American manufacturing," Prime Minister Harper