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Roads: Ontario/GTA Highways Discussion

Judging from the traffic on the existing 407ETR, I don't expect traffic patterns to change too much on the new extension come Feb 1st. The existing 407ETR shows that people are willing to pay for the speed and convenience.
 
it'll drop. A lot of people get off at Brock road and cut up to Highway 7.

What it does mean is that highway 7 east of Brock Road will no longer be as shockingly empty as it has been for the last 6 months. There has been essentially no traffic on that road considerings its 4 lanes.


407ETR needs to widen their part from York/Durham Line to Brock Road soon though, its rather awkward today the way there is that 4 lane gap between two 6 lane sections.
 
Anyone know why the province has not released the Northern and Southern Ontario highway pdfs for 2017-2021 ?
 
Steve X said:
More to do with the environment. They don't want to spread urban sprawl too up north into the Greenbelt and the Oak Ridge Moraine. IMO, they can still rebuilt the section between the 407 and the 35/115 split to 400 standards.
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It was supposed to originally. I think don't think the prevention of sprawl is a good reason here, as this is an isolated area so it's hardly potential sprawl territory. Even if it were, the area can't be developed if it's in the greenbelt anyway.

Having the 407/115 directly connect would have been cool from a roadgeek perspective!
 
Markster said:
So, how long until the hate screeds hit facebook decrying the Liberals for the tolls on the 407 extension?
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I'd be surprised if we saw any of that. Its helped by the extension being (a) new and needing to be paid for, and (b) an extension of a highway that is already a toll road.

Converting a currently free highway to tolls will be politically unpopular for obvious reasons. But a new one? I don't think they'll catch much heat for it. All new highways in Ontario (Except maybe extensions of free ones like the 427) will be toll roads. Not sure how many highways will be built at this point, but I'm confident in saying that any that do get built will be tolls.
 
http://www.infrastructureontario.ca/Preferred-Proponent-Selected-Highway-427-Expansion/

Preferred Proponent Selected for Highway 427 Expansion

TORONTO -Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) have selected LINK 427 as the preferred proponent to design, build, finance and maintain the Highway 427 Expansion project.

LINK 427's team includes:

Developer: ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc. and Miller Infrastructure
Construction: Dragados Canada Inc., Miller Infrastructure and Bot Infrastructure Ltd.
Design: MMM Group Ltd. and Thurber Engineering Ltd.
Maintenance: ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc. and Miller Infrastructure
The selection of LINK 427 is the result of an open, fair and competitive procurement process overseen by a third party fairness advisor.

IO and MTO will now begin finalizing contract details with LINK 427. The project cost and schedule are expected to be announced in March 2017, with design and construction to begin shortly after.

The Highway 427 Expansion project includes a new 6.6-kilometre extension from Highway 7 to Major Mackenzie Drive and a 4-kilometre road widening from Finch Avenue to Highway 7.

Ontario is making the largest infrastructure investment in hospitals, schools, public transit, roads and bridges in the province's history. To learn more about what's happening in your community, go to Ontario.ca/BuildON.

Quick Facts:

The Highway 427 Expansion is the fourth major highway project delivered by IO and MTO through the Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP) model. Projects that are delivered using IO's AFP model have a track record of being 96 per cent on budget to date.
Highway 427 and its assets will remain publicly owned and controlled.
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News Release

Ontario Moving Forward on Highway 427 Expansion in Vaughan
January 26, 2017

Province Keeping People Moving, Creating Jobs and Growing the Economy
Ontario is continuing to move forward on the expansion of Highway 427, which will help improve traffic flow and keep people moving, while creating jobs and supporting economic growth and development in Vaughan and the surrounding region.

Ontario has selected LINK 427 as the preferred proponent to design, build, finance and maintain the Highway 427 expansion project. LINK 427's team includes:

  • Developer: ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc. and Miller Infrastructure
  • Construction: Dragados Canada Inc., Miller Infrastructure and Bot Infrastructure Ltd.
  • Design: MMM Group Ltd. and Thurber Engineering Ltd.
  • Maintenance: ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc. and Miller Infrastructure
Highway 427 will be extended by 6.6 kilometres from Highway 7 to Major Mackenzie Drive, and widened from Finch Avenue to Highway 7. A 15.5 kilometre stretch of dedicated High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes with electronic tolling will also be installed in both directions from south of Highway 409 to north of Rutherford Road, and will open in 2021. No existing general purpose lanes will be removed to accommodate the HOT lanes.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Ontario are working together with LINK 427 to finalize the contract details. The project cost and schedule are expected to be announced in March 2017 with design and construction to begin shortly after.

Ontario is making the largest infrastructure investment in hospitals, schools, public transit, roads and bridges in the province's history. To learn more about what's happening in your community, go to Ontario.ca/BuildON.

Investing in transportation infrastructure is part of our plan to create jobs, grow our economy and help people in their everyday lives.


QUICK FACTS
  • The selection of LINK 427 as the preferred proponent is the result of an open, fair and competitive procurement process overseen by a fairness advisor.
  • HOT lanes encourage people to carpool, help to manage congestion and provide more travel options to travellers.
  • The average daily traffic on Highway 427 between Finch Avenue and Highway 407 ETR is approximately 106,500 vehicles per day and is expected to grow to more than 139,000 by 2021.
 
When will the current 427 construction be done? Seems like the "middle section" which was previously a grass median (between concrete slabs) has been paved and ready to go for a year now, with nothing happening.
 
^ where did you hear this? I don't see why the HOVs wouldn't open (without the toll option) before opening the extension.

The 2021 date would just be the start of tolling the HOVs.
 
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