Ontario PC leader Doug Ford doubled down on his wildly ambitious plan to create a new expressway by tunnelling under the gridlocked Highway 401 on a …
Source: Ontario promised one of ‘most ambitious infrastructure projects in the world’
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“In a press release, the Ontario PC party argues that gridlock in Ontario takes a $56.4 billion annual hit on the economy and claims projects such as this and the controversial Highway 413 are crucial to getting the province moving again.”
“The province points to the Ministry of Transportation modelling that states 400-series highways will be at or above capacity within a decade, and that the central portion of Highway 401 will see travel times double by 2051, adding 90 minutes to commutes.”
