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Roads: Ontario/GTA Highways Discussion
- Thread starter Haljackey
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Haljackey
Active Member
MTO 2017-2021 Southern and northern highway programs out
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/highway-bridges/southern-and-northern-highways-programs.shtml
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/highway-bridges/southern-and-northern-highways-programs.shtml
amnesiajune
Senior Member
I think this project is well off in the future. For now they're just realigning (and hopefully widening) the Leslie off-ramp, which is a big pain point during rush hour.
https://www.bayviewvillage.org/NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION - HWY 401 and Leslie St Interchange.pdf
innsertnamehere
Superstar
I literally checked for this just last night thinking that it came out in august usually.
darth_freeman
Active Member
407ETR widening between 410 and 427 is complete. Now built out to the full 5 lanes per direction.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
interesting one I found in there.. A roundabout is planned at Highway 12 and 169 south of Orillia..
Also, the first phase of the Garden City Skyway twinning is in there.
Also, the first phase of the Garden City Skyway twinning is in there.
amnesiajune
Senior Member
That makes a lot of sense. It's a busy intersection with lots of traffic both Orillia-bound and Washago-bound. Right now there's just a stop sign, which is insufficient because of all the traffic that's now using Highway 12 instead of 400/11. A traffic light would cause traffic jams (like they already do in Beaverton), so that's not an ideal solution either.
They built two roundabouts on Highway 26's Collingwood-Wasaga Beach divided highway and those work very well.
Dan416
Senior Member
When did the Dixie/QEW Interchange get pushed to beyond 2021? I thought it was already starting? I could have sworn it should already be underway...
timio
Active Member
More action planned for the new highway 7 from KW to Guelph this time around. Although completion of the Victoria Street bridge replacement has been pushed to 2019, it is still slated to close in November. Still no firm end date though. We're at 10 years since originally promised by McGuinty. At least things are happening now. Shirley Ave is on the new alignment, and there have been interchange modifications with 7/85 at Victoria and Wellington.
Disappointed that the 5/6 interchange is still listed in the "Planning for the Future" section, and no formal date is included. That entire Highway 6 corridor from the 403 to the 401 just keeps getting busier.
Kitsune
Senior Member
.. highway 69 is now beyond 2021 for completion. Some speculation up north the liberals have no interest in completing it and is just providing ad-lib service for it.
darth_freeman
Active Member
I believe there are First Nations issues holding up some of those sections. And to be fair, is twinning Highway 69 really a high priority? The GTA has many more pressing needs (*cough* QEW through Mississauga).
Kitsune
Senior Member
They have come to agreement with one of three... and that section still has not seen construction start. And this is the province of ontario - not the province of the GTA. Each area does have its own separate huge needs.
TransitBart
Senior Member
What do they have space to do in this stretch? Are we getting more lanes? **hope**
Steve X
Senior Member
Look at the Highway 17 near the Manitoba boarder. A decade later and still nothing. It's not first nations problem there. The only thing the liberals did so far is twinning some portions of Highway 11/17 from TB to Nipigon. Folks aren't happy that the highway remains at 90km/h as it was before. Saskatchewan and Alberta has 110km/h limits on at-grade expressways. MTO chooses 90 km/h. Northern Ontario is so large, this should build freeways and remove daytime speed limits in rural portions so people could get around faster. I doubt we'll see more than 100km of the Highway 17 twinned in out lifetime. No knows when they'll actually upgrade the TB Expressway into a freeway.
Same for North Bay. MTO already done the EA for 60km of new Hwy 17 freeway east of North Bay but highly doubt anything will happen till the mid 2030s. The Highway 69 twinning delays has push back twinning of the Sudbury bypass and possibly freeway extension east of the current eastern terminal. They say there's a plan to eventually twin Hwy 17 from Sault Ste Marie to Mattawa and from Petawawa to current 417 terminal. Eventually they could link up and the 417 would over take the 401 being the longest freeway in Ontario. The only twinning done last decade was near Sault Ste Marie which lead to the protest that old Hwy 17 should be renamed Hwy 17B and not 638. MTO should hurry up and get Highway 69 done so this can get moving and finally get rid of the Hwy 69 designation for good. It's been 15 years and MTO has old twinned half of the ~150km of Highway 69.