Yes, I was able to travel to Lansing, Michigan, to meet with Governor Snyder and his officials on the matter. It's a terribly exciting project. We know that a new bridge is needed there. It is the busiest Canada-U.S. border crossing.
Those are the kinds of things that Governor Snyder and I talked about, but we also talked about the thousands of jobs and the opportunities that will be created on both sides of the border. We figure that in trade, generally, about eight million American jobs and two million Canadian jobs depend on trade and investment between our two countries.
When you reiterate and you move forward together on opening yet another stable transportation link like the Detroit River international crossing, it's very important. It's an alternative that is very much needed. That, in and of itself, is expected to create between 10,000 and 15,000 construction jobs in Canada and the U.S.
In terms of moving forward, the governor and I said that we would meet again. We have agreed that oversight of the project and strong management between the two of us will be important, especially in the coming years. There is a lot of work to be done on the project, but we both have the shared goal to make sure that we can do this in a timely fashion, because the sooner we have the new bridge moving forward with respect to opening up trade, the better off both countries will be. We are completely in sync on the matter.