nfitz
Superstar
I'm not sure BlogTO can do witty click-bait.
Good job it was cows, and not a load of bull(s).
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Roads: Ontario/GTA Highways Discussion
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Good job it was cows, and not a load of bull(s).
lenaitch
Senior Member
I was called to a single bull in the ditch years ago that had fallen out of the back of a truck. It was clearly in a bad mood from the ride and coupled with the fact that bulls aren't the most sociable of beasts at the best of times, it took us a while to get him corralled.I'm not sure BlogTO can do witty click-bait.
Good job it was cows, and not a load of bull(s).
Haljackey
Active Member
Richard White
Senior Member
It's good, but will never beat the GOAT
That gave me a pregnant pause. I was expecting more from such a sticky situation.
Sigh.. these jokes just keep coming and coming.
fiendishlibrarian
Active Member
It's good, but will never beat the GOAT
Among journos I have known, *this* is considered the GOAT:
lenaitch
Senior Member
It must have been comforting to know that the other truck involved "stayed upright". I'll bet the copy editor gave this article a very close read.It's good, but will never beat the GOAT
qubyte
New Member
Highway 401 Improvements from Steeles Avenue in Milton westerly to 1.5km west of the Halton-Wellington Boundary
Preliminary Design and Class Environmental Assessment Study
GWP 2030-23-00
Public Information Centre (PIC) #1 Online Live Event is scheduled for June 12 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (REGISTER HERE). Registration will remain open until the commencement of the Online Live Event. PIC materials will be available to view as of May 29, 2025 and the Project Team are requesting comments on the PIC materials by June, 25, 2025.
Preliminary Design and Class Environmental Assessment Study
GWP 2030-23-00
Public Information Centre (PIC) #1 Online Live Event is scheduled for June 12 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (REGISTER HERE). Registration will remain open until the commencement of the Online Live Event. PIC materials will be available to view as of May 29, 2025 and the Project Team are requesting comments on the PIC materials by June, 25, 2025.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Good to see - that study has been underway for a while. The fact that MTO is doing it almost makes me wonder if they will widen the 401 from Milton to Cambridge, including the Morriston Bypass, in one giant contract.
vebski
New Member
I hope it doesn't take them that long to get the Morrison bypass going. The backup getting onto 6S from EB 401 is getting worse by the day, lots of traffic there. I 'like' how they temporarily solved the problem many years back by just making the exit lane from the 401 longer.
nfitz
Superstar
How many decades has it been? 3? 4? Design for the section north of the 401 started in the 1960s - so presumably they were at least contemplating the south section by then.
It has taken them that long!
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Again, based on my other post... not really.
The Liberal Government announced an intent to fund and construct the bypass in what, 2017? Any plans before that would simply have been for land reserves. MTO and the government never had intent to construct before then.
It was well recorded that when the PCs came in, they shifted MTO priorities around, putting the bypass on the backburner. MTO instead focused on political priorities like the 413, Highway 3 widening, and 401 widening in Essex County.
Project Schedule - Highways 6 & 401 Improvements
Project Schedule October 15, 2025 The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is moving forward with Phase 3 of Highways 6 and ... Read more
highways6and401hamiltontoguelph.ca
The link shows the initial EA was completed in 1997. This supplemented a 1986 study identifying a preferred route. At that time, it would mostly have been for land preservation.
MTO does have a detailed design contract issued, with the Hanlon Parkway mid-block interchange (recently completed) being technically "part" of the Bypass project scope. They have not yet advanced detailed design of the bypass or 401 mainline widening, for whatever reason. I suspect resources are being dedicated to the 413 and Bradford Bypass instead.
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nfitz
Superstar
The point was "that long to get the Morrison bypass going". I don't think that requires a funding announcement to start the clock! Heck, that's almost about when you stop the clock!
Morriston1986
New Member
The portion of thr Hanlon at hwy 6 seems nearly finished. I hiped the final phase would be put out to tender soon.
It is a huge project Ive always wonderred the realistic timeline for its completion
It is a huge project Ive always wonderred the realistic timeline for its completion
NW87
Active Member
Maple Travel Plaza off of the 400 Southbound lanes, North of Teston Road. Now shutdown and being demolished, in its place will be a modernized Enroute.
Haljackey
Active Member
Highway 3 freeway causes land expropriation
www.ctvnews.ca
‘It is emotional’: Elgin County farmer frustrated over Hwy. 3 land expropriation
Elgin County farmer Richard Andrews is standing up to the Government of Ontario after learning they are taking one-third of his family farm on Ron McNeil Line.
www.ctvnews.ca