Jasmine18
Senior Member
I think though as the population expands around the GTA, simply expecting single lane country roads to handle traffic in the future does not make sense.
I think though as the population expands around the GTA, simply expecting single lane country roads to handle traffic in the future does not make sense.
Is this old news with new details or new news with new details?
News Release
Widening Highway 401 to Keep People Moving
April 10, 2017
Expansion Project will Help Manage Congestion and Improve Commutes
Ontario is creating jobs and keeping people moving by widening 18 kilometers of Highway 401 from the Credit River in Mississauga to Regional Road 25 in Milton.
The Highway 401 Expansion project includes adding HOV lanes in each direction and widening the existing six lane configuration to:
Widening the 401 will relieve congestion, allow for a more efficient transportation and flow of goods, and will help accommodate continued population and employment growth in the region.
- Twelve lanes from the Credit River to Winston Churchill Boulevard
- Ten lanes from Winston Churchill Boulevard to Highway 407 ETR / Highway 401 interchange
- Twelve lanes from Highway 407 ETR / Highway 401 interchange to James Snow Parkway
- Ten lanes from the James Snow Parkway to Regional Road 25
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 better highways to keep people moving is part of our plan to create jobs, grow our economy and help people in their everyday lives.
QUICK FACTS
- The province has issued a Request for Qualifications to design, build and finance the Highway 401 expansion project—the first step in getting construction underway.
- The project is being delivered under Infrastructure Ontario’s Alternative Financing and Procurement model, which transfers risks associated with design, construction and financing of the project to the private sector.
- The average daily traffic for the Highway 401 in the Peel and Halton Region is approximately 108,000 to 188,000 vehicles per day.
- Ontario is committing over $2.1 billion to repair and expand provincial highways and bridges across the province.
Saves 20 minutes at off peak hours and 2 hours during peak. smhAs if that has ever worked before. Did Wynne go out and ask "real people" how much time they think this will save them?
Well needed project. Yes, many drivers who use that stretch in rush hour will approve of this plan.As if that has ever worked before. Did Wynne go out and ask "real people" how much time they think this will save them?
Is this old news with new details or new news with new details?
I doubt this expansion would complete before 2022. It would be in the same time frame as RER.Consdieration for expansion would be legitimate AFTER two-way, all day service is in place w/greater rush hour frequency, on both GO rail lines that service this corridor, not before.
Money to fill the meteor size hole that the liberals created. Instead of cancel, they could stretch the time frame.^Curious....what political gain could a PC leader ever achieve by cancelling a 905 area road that has the added bonus of being approved by the Liberals?
Its probably a 3 season project, so if construction starts in 2018 or 2019, likely a 2021 or 2022 completion date. The widening from Hurontario to the Credit River started in the 2017 season and is supposed to be done by the end of 2019.I doubt this expansion would complete before 2022. It would be in the same time frame as RER.
This announcement doesn't include a construction date. For all we know, it could begin in 2019. By then Mr. Brown could have cancelled it.
I'm not quite sure what logical path one could take to draw the conclusion that the Tories would even consider dropping this project given that A: it is a highway with significant economic impact on southwest Ontario and B: along a potential voter rich corridor.Money to fill the meteor size hole that the liberals created. Instead of cancel, they could stretch the time frame.
In the past, the PC did cancel the 400 extension "road project" from Parry Sound to Sudbury during Harris' time and only resumed when Ernie Eves was in power.