B.C. Truckers Keep Border Crossing

(Today’s Trucking)

Chalk a victory up for B.C. truckers. Regional officials from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in B.C. were persuaded by the B.C. Trucking Association to keep the Aldergrove border crossing (northbound) open to commercial vehicles.

Earlier this month, CBSA floated the idea of closing the Aldergrove crossing to truckers because the crossing is not equipped with the proper security checks to detect illegal activity in commercial trucks, and wanted the traffic diverted to the Pacific Highway crossing.

Aldergrove is the 12th busiest border crossing in Canada and about 100,000 commercial trucks use the route to cross the Canada/U.S. border per year. Read more here.