 The project created nearly 1,000 jobs as of 2011, with 70% reported as local; project executives promised that many of the construction jobs would go to local contractors.Along with the related Deep Dredge and Panama Canal Expansion, over 30,000 jobs are expected to be created in the long run.Before completion of the tunnel, in 2009, nearly 16,000 vehicles travelled to and from PortMiami through downtown streets each weekday.