Michigan's Republican Governor Rick Snyder has become a familiar face in Windsor, and his support for a new Windsor-Detroit bridge is well known, but what about rival Democrat Mark Schauer?
Crews from Columbia Utility Service, based in St. Joachim, are clearing brush and trees in Windsor's Brighton Beach to make way for the bridge.
And in the Delray area of Detroit, Mich. derelict buildings are coming down to make way for the bridge's U.S. landing and plaza.
Despite the progress, there are still concerns that if one of the projects biggest supporters - the current governor - is voted out of office, work will come to a stop.
But Schauer too appears to see the bridge as a vehicle for creating more jobs, both long- and short-term.
Windsor-West MP Brian Masse says, "Every election should always concern us about the bridge, because we have a process in place that's being carried out...so you always worry when administrations change a bit, but I really feel confident in the merits of the project."
Masse feels with a deal in place between Canada and the U.S.- plus a joint agency working solely on the bridge - a new governor is unlikely to stop the process.
But he adds that a supportive voice is necessary in Washington to get the U.S. government to sign off on paying for the U.S. plaza, which hasn't happened yet.
Still, he's not surprised, because the bridge deal calls on Canada to pay for that too.
"As the current agreement was signed by the Canadian government, calls for that, as a term and condition is that if they don't come up with the money, is that it'll come from tolls."
It's unclear when actual construction on the bridge will start, but government officials maintain the new bridge will be open to traffic by 2020.
