Border system outage leaves traffic backed up for third day

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – A system outage that began Tuesday morning at Canadian border crossings has caused significant traffic backups for a third straight day, disrupting both passenger and commercial traffic on the I-190 in Buffalo and Niagara Falls.

Canadian officials said the disruption was triggered by a data entry problem during scheduled maintenance, which affected processing at the Peace Bridge and Lewiston-Queenston Bridge.

The Niagara International Transportation Technology Coalition (NITTEC) reported several ramps remain closed:…

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