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The '''Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority''' (also known as the '''Peace Bridge Authority''' and the '''Public Bridge Authority''') is the agency established to regulate the [[Peace Bridge]], which crosses the [[Canada–United States border]]. This bridge is designed to handle vehicle traffic between [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] in the [[Americans|American]] state of [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Fort Erie, Ontario|Fort Erie]] in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Ontario]].

The authority is a bi-national agency, incorporated as both a [[New York state public-benefit corporations|Class D public benefit corporation]] in the [[New York (state)|State of New York]] and a [[Crown corporations of Canada|Crown corporation]] federally in [[Canada]], governed under the terms of an agreement between New York and the Canadian federal government.<ref>{{cite web|title=Authority Information|url=http://www.peacebridge.com/index.php/about-us-sp-1874923374/authority-information|website=Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority|accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref>

==Board of directors==

The Bridge Authority is led by a ten-member board, five from each country. The chairmanship alternates annually between a Canadian representative and an American representative.<ref name="bod">{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.peacebridge.com/index.php/about-us-sp-1874923374/board-of-directors|website=Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority|accessdate=21 September 2020}}</ref>

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|colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background:Gainsboro" |Board of Directors
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|Tim Clutterbuck, ''Chairman''
|Kenneth A. Manning, ''Vice Chairman''
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|Llewellyn Holloway
|Sam Gurney
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|Isabel Meharry
|Marie Therese Dominguez
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|Patrick Robson
|[[Anthony Masiello]]
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|Debbie Zimmerman
|Michael J. Russo
|}

Two of the five US members are appointed by the [[Governor of New York]] with confirmation by the [[New York State Senate]]. The remaining members are the Commissioner of the [[New York State Department of Transportation]], Chairman of the [[Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority]], and the [[Attorney General of New York]] (or their delegates).

All five of the Canadian members are appointed by the [[Governor General of Canada|Governor-in-Council]] as per recommendation by the federal [[Minister of Transport (Canada)|Minister of Transport]].<ref name="act">{{cite act| title = An Act respecting the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Company (S.C. 1934, c. 63)| date = March 28, 1934| url = http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-9.86/FullText.html| accessdate = March 12, 2017
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==See also==
* [[Detroit International Bridge Company]] - private, [[Ambassador Bridge]]
* [[Niagara Falls Bridge Commission]] - public, [[Lewiston-Queenston Bridge]], [[Whirlpool Rapids Bridge]] and [[Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls)|Rainbow Bridge]]
* [[Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge|Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority]] - public
* [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] - public
* [[Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company]] - private, railway bridge
* [[Thousand Islands Bridge Authority]] - public, [[Thousand Islands Bridge]]
* [[Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority]] - public, [[Gordie Howe International Bridge]]

== References ==
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