The province’s 2006 Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe projected there will be 1.5 million additional car and truck trips per day in the GTA West study area by 2031. TORONTO, Ont. This should completely grid lock Milton On.

The Environmental Assessment for the corridor is expected to be complete by the end of 2022. The province is in the midst of planning a new highway that will carry drivers across the GTA from Vaughan to Milton — in the hopes the infrastructure will … We should be working on that kind of infrastructure. We have to reduce our emissions drastically in the next decade.

Needs to be a true 400 series highway with only interchanges and it needs to come out west of where currently planned. The previous government, the liberals, cancelled the highway due to environmental studies.

News Y wouldn’t it continue to the east pass Oshawa? In a news release, the province said that advancing the somewhat controversial GTA West corridor will reduce travel times for drivers and support economic growth and job creation.

There’s a lot of congestion,” agrees Steve Snow, vice-president of sales, customer service and marketing at Maritime-Ontario Freight Lines, headquartered in Brampton. Dispite what the planners seem to think, all the traffic in Southern Ontario, isn’t going to or coming from Toronto. The GTA West corridor’s environmental assessment is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2022. I agree that we should think to buy back the 407 and make that an affordable way for trucks to move. It’s called that for a reason, with its rich soil for farming. Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License or any later version. The very survival of our species is at risk. Any disrespectful dialogue will be deleted. How about a true by-pass where you can get on but can-t get off,you go all the way to the end. All they care about it is the mighty dollar.

Peel expects to see 6 million truck trips per year by 2041. See a large map of the Highway 407 East project, Greater Golden Horseshoe Transportation Plan, Commercial Vehicle Operators Registration (CVOR), Commercial Vehicle Operators Safety Manual, A Guide to Oversize/Overweight Vehicles and Loads in Ontario, Mandatory Entry-Level Training for Commercial Class A Truck Drivers. Contacts. Doesn’t make any sense if there are going to be intersections in it. TORONTO, Ont. It will include up to four to six lanes, intelligent transportation features, and truck parking, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation says. Highway 407 (44 kilometres) from Brock Road in Pickering to Highway 35/115 in Clarington and; Highways 412 and 418, two north-south highways (10 kms each) connecting Highway 407 to Highway 401. So vehicles that are going towards Quebec can use it as a bypass of the city. – Ontario has confirmed the preferred route for a new 400-series highway that will cut through York, Peel and Halton regions, serving an area that accounts for some of the most extensive trucking activity in the province. Highway 407 (44 kilometres) from Brock Road in Pickering to Highway 35/115 in Clarington and; Highways 412 and 418, two north-south highways (10 kms each) connecting Highway 407 to Highway 401. Y does it end at hwy400? It would take a huge load off the 400. Land use is one of the biggest leverage points that we have. The 400 is already very heavely travelled and a lot of collisions and no getting off. Make the right decision and stop wasting tax dollars. I agree with Steve Snow. Preliminary design and further consultations will be moving forward over the next two years as the design is further developed. View your account. Its grid lock everywhere we go, This is stupidest ldea my self & all trucks have heard of a hwy with 17 stop & go intersections a DISASTER & Collisions waiting to happen the ministry needs to rethink & make it a true 400

The province says the preferred route consists of the route and interchange locations for the GTA West corridor. This Ontario, NY, group is for current or former residents, Ontario town businesses, or anyone with a sincere interest in the community. Publications It further encourages the use of fossil fuels and more emissions. We can’t pave over this land.

The opening of these highways has enhanced central Ontario's highway system. “The Greater Golden Horseshoe is an economic driver for the province and addressing transportation needs in this region is essential to the competitiveness of our economy,” said Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney, in a related press release. The province sets and regulates tolls, retains the toll revenue and establishes high customer service standards. I would like to suggest,expanding the 427 instead. Also, I’m not interested in making vehicle travel more appealing, by encouraging urban sprawl on our Golden Horseshoe. “Getting down to the 401 is a little tangly at the best of times.”. Second place feels good for Burlington 6/49 prize winners, Burlington operated sport facilities will start re-opening this weekend, Oakville has most new cases of COVID-19 today as Halton reports two deaths, Burlington daycare doggy lends a paw to pet other pooches, Oakville location part of Whole Foods poppy ban. The corridor will extend from Highway 400 in the east to the Highway 401/407 ETR interchange area in the west and include a 400-series highway, transitway, and potential goods movement priority features. “It will actually have 17 intersections, and then the stopping and the starting,” Snow says. Same as east of Toronto, there should be another hwy going north.

This is old school thinking. The GTA West corridor will include a four-to-six lane highway, separate infrastructure for transit and passenger stations, “intelligent transportation features” and truck parking. Stay up to date on technology, regulations and trucking life, Blue Water Bridge ends cash payments from U.S.-bound travelers, No thaw restrictions for food and medicine. Specially where the truck stops are not very frequent. Not to mention all the endangered species that make these areas their home. Lucky sevens come up big for Burlington instant…, Oakville has most new cases of COVID-19 today as…, New COVID-19 cases in Halton remain steady, Ontario reports 998 new COVID-19 cases and 13 more…, Starbucks holiday drinks & cups are making a…, Health official says Brampton Civic hospital experiencing capacity issues, Brampton Man charged in crash that killed three people, Brampton residents celebrating group lottery win, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada License. The Ontario government is resuming the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Greater Toronto Area West corridor.This new highway will improve travel times and reduce traffic build up across Brampton and the GTA.. Jeff Yurek, the Minister of Transportation was joined by Amarjot Sandhu, MPP for Brampton West to announce that the government is resuming the EA at the point it left off in 2015. The way roads are built in Ontario make no sense. Better and probably cheaper option would be to buy back 407 and either remove tolls or lower them to an acceptable level to get trucks on to it from 401. The conservative government has no regards for the people in the surrounding area. “What is the purpose of a 400-Series highway when we have to stop and go, stop and go?”. We have a carbon budget, and this is an investment that we cannot make. It is time to plan this province for our people. Skip to content This won’t make enough difference on the transportation time. The province held meetings that were open to the public in September and October of 2019 to gather feedback on the draft preferred route.