LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> IT’S CALLED THE FREEDOM
CONVOY AND IT CONTINUES TO
BLOCK TRAFFIC ON THE
AMBASSADOR BRIDGE IN CANADA
AND ITS IMPACT IS BEING FELT
FOR MILES ON FREEWAYS NEAR
PORT HURON.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT SKY 4
FROM OVER THE BLUE WATER
BRIDGE AND YOU SEE TRAFFIC
THERE BACKED UP FOR MILES
BECAUSE OF THE AMBASSADOR
BRIDGE AND ALSO ALL THE
TRAFFIC BEING REROUTED.
>>> THAT DEVELOPING NEWS IT
DOES TOP OUR NEWS.
IT HAS BEEN FOR LAST COUPLE
DAYS NOW THIS PROTEST BY
CANADIAN TRUCKERS OPPOSING
THE PANDEMIC VACCINE
MANDATES THEY THERE IN
CANADA IT AND CONTINUES.
IT’S NOW IN ITS THIRD DAY
AND IT’S DISRUPTING SO MUCH
AND RAISING A LOT OF CONCERN
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE.
THERE IS A RIPPLE EFFECT.
NICK MONACELLI JOINS US NOW
LIVE AT THE HAS BEEN IN PORT
HURON ALL MORNING.
ASSESSING THE BACKUPS.
I HAVE SEEN THEM MOVING,
BARELY.
>> HONESTLY, RHONDA, I
THOUGHT THAT THINGS WOULD
GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER IF
YOU REMEMBER AT 6:00 THIS
MORNING, WE STOOD IN THIS
SPOT AND SHOWED YOU THE
BACKUPS SOME MOVEMENT THAT’S
NOT JUST A PARKING LOT.
ONE OF THE BIG REASONS IS
BECAUSE THE AMBASSADOR
BRIDGE HAS 10,000 TRUCKS OR
DAY OR MORE.
THE BLUE WATER BRIDGE ONLY
DOES ABOUT 4,000 TO 5,000
TRUCKS A DAY SO THE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS JUST NOT
THERE TO HANDLE THE VOLUMES.
FOR THE THIRD DAY NOW TRUCK
TRAFFIC FROM MICHIGAN TO
CANADA IS SNARLED.
WITH THE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE
CLOSED DUE TO PROTESTS,
SEMIS DROVE NORTH TO PORT
HURON’S BLUE WATER BRIDGE.
THE BACKUPS THERE MORE THAN
10 MILES LONG.
>> EVERYTHING IS ANNOYING.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Reporter: SO THIS IS THE
ACTUAL ENTRANCE TO THE BLUE
WATER BRIDGE GOING INTO
SARNIA.
YOU CAN SEE BACK THERE ONE
OF THE SECURITY CHECKPOINTS
THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM OPEN,
HOWEVER, THERE’S ONLY TWO
LANES LEADING UP TO THOSE
CHECKPOINTS.
SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHEN
THEY’VE GOT THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
TRUCKS TRYING TO GET THROUGH,
ONLY TWO LANES THAT’S WHY
THERE’S SUCH A LARGE BACKUP.
EDWARD USUALLY RUNS BETWEEN
FLAT ROCK AND WINDSOR TWICE
A DAY.
IT TOOK HIS FRIEND 12 HOURS
TO GET OVER THE BORDER.
>> NOW I’M TAKING THE GOOGLE
MAP.
SO I JUST GO THERE AND SEE.
>> Reporter: DEMONSTRATIONS
BEGAN NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO
IN OTTAWA.
PROTESTORS DEMANDING A
CHANGE TO CANADA’S VACCINE
MANDATE.
AND MANY OF THE TRUCKERS
STUCK IN THE GRIDLOCK AGREE.
KEVIN WILLIAMS A CANADIAN
SAYS THEY HAVE TRUCKED
ACROSS THE BORTEDDER FOR TWO
YEARS BEFORE THE MANDATE.
>> -- BORDER FOR TWO YEARS
BEFORE THE MANDATE.
>> THE ECONOMY HAD TO KEEP
MOVING THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
WE WEREN’T GOOD ENOUGH.
>> IF WE DON’T STAND FOR
SOMETHING WE’LL FALL FOR
ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: OTHERS SAY A
PROTEST IS SOMETHING
STOPPING THE TRUCKING
ECONOMY IS ANOTHER.
>> I DON’T THOUGH WHAT
THEY’RE TRYING TO DO BUT WE
ALSO GOT VACCINATED WE’RE
TRYING TO DO PART OF THE JOB,
RIGHT.
>> Reporter: BACK OUT HERE
LIVE AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE
BACKUPS THAT JUST CONTINUE
AGAIN FOR ABOUT 10 MILES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDERING
HOW MUCH LONGER IS THIS
GOING TO LAST.
WHEN WILL POLICE OR THE
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT STEP IN.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE
MAYOR OF WINDSOR IS HOLDING
A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT’S
SUPPOSED TO BEGIN ANY MOMENT
NOW.
WE SHOULD BE HEARING SOME
KIND OF DETAILS THAT IF THEY
HAVE ANY PLANS TO WORK WITH
THOSE -- OR IF THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO ALLOW THEM TO
DEMONSTRATE AND CLOSE THE
AMBASSADOR BRIDGE.
WE’RE LIVE NEAR PORT HURON,
NICK MONACELLI, LOCAL 4.
>> AS WE MENTIONED IT IS
IMPACTING INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCE AND TRADE AND
SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE MORE
AND LONGER IT GOES THE MORE
IMPACT IT WILL HAVE SO
HOPEFULLY IT CAN COME TO