25% of US/Canada trade depends on a single privately owned bridge

Re:25% of US/Canada trade depends on a single privately owne... by adolph on Monday January 15, 2024 @10:44AM (#39002190)

I've never seen a stronger case for ensuring public ownership of key infrastructure in all cases, otherwise you can end up in a situation where two giant economies are held hostage by one person.

This doesn’t make sense to me. Presumably some entity more specific than the “public” would be responsible for such a work. It would still require a toll in order to exist in a revenue positive way. It would need to be revenue positive in order to build a future replacement. What difference does it make if the entity is controlled by something called an “agency” or by a “company?”

Are the various entities chartered by government somehow immune to turf battles and protection of proprietary interests?

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Re:25% of US/Canada trade depends on a single privately owne... by adolph on Monday January 15, 2024 @12:40PM (#39003653)

Since people don’t like the above question here is another:

Should Canada pay for more of a publicly owned bridge than the US since the trade traversing the bridge represents more of that country’s total trade?

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