What new highways and major upgrades are expected to be completed in Ontario in 2008? Some that I know of: 3 - Widening to 4 lanes, Windsor to Essex 7 -...
The two footbridges built last fall, one over #403 and one over the CN, both along the west side of Wayne Gretzky parkway, are nearing completion. The one over...
... 410 - Actually finishing the ramp off of South 410 to Bovaird Drive, still not done and the light for that intersection has been on a constant green since...
QEW is 6 lanes from the Skyway to approx 2 km past Mountain Road in Niagara Falls. The St. Catharines section of the QEW will take quite a bit longer, they are...
Uh, that's 1 cent saved per 4 kms. The whole thing about introducing the 'light' section is pure spin doctoring for the sake of trying to turn more bad news...
Just to add a couple of key projects for the year How about... 6: freewayization from the 403 to Hwy 5 (Clappison Corners) 26: Wasaga Beach-Collingwood Super 2...
I believe we can also add the next phase of Highway 8 widening in Kitchener to the list: 8 lanes,Fairway Road to Sportsworld Drive new interchange, River Road ...
... Still not 100% on the interchange, because last I had heard over a year ago, Waterloo region wanted to build a Parclo AB-2 w/ roundabouts at the ramp...
... Conversion from a 1/2 diamond into a full one, with some modifications to the service roads and such. From what I can understand, and try to describe, it...
... As someone who has been stuck in traffic jams several times on the 403 westbound between the QEW and Highway 6, the new ramps will be a blessing. It should...
What is the ETA on this ramp? Another key project to be completed this year: QEW Niagara ramp to Red Hill Creek Expressway. There's a lot of people who live on...
I believe I also read on the MTO site that the 409 is going to be upgraded to modern standards (ie, tall wall, high mast lighting, triangular truss overhead...
From what I recall, that is true. I mean, it's due, but it'll be sad as well, as this is the last unaltered vestige of 70's freeway standards. Get your...
I have noticed recently that there is some construction activity near the QEW / 403 interchange in Oakville, in particular next to the roughed-in ramp base...
... I wrote to the MTO about the 409 finally getting an upgrade like its neighbours have had in the last few years back March 2006. Here's the response I got: ...
It's been just over two months since the four-lane Hwy 17 bypass opened around Echo Bay, and according to an account of a friend of mine that lives nearby, it...
... The HOV lane network plans seems to suggest extension of the HOV lanes currently being built in Burlington-Oakville right across Mississauga. As the QEW...
... about this new TCH alignment. ... One problem is that it's incomplete - the western section through to 2nd Line (existing TCH 17 Sault Ste Marie bypass)...
... As it turns out, the highway widening will be coming in 2008, but the interchange isn't anticipated until 2009/2010 According to documents on the Region of...
... The McLaughlin Rd overpass replacement contract was just called. It's a municipal contract as Missy's widening McLaughlin Rd from Cantay Rd to Courtney...
... year ... The MTO is still skiddish on roundabouts because of the bad experience they had with the old rotaries (some which used to involve similar weaving...
About time. Too bad my work's office is moving next month (to the other side of hwy 10), else I'd be able to see the construction on a daily basis. ... ...
So I was thinking lately of an insane idea: figuring out the exact start and end of a given lane somewhere. Let me give you an example: The northbound right...
I have often wondered about that kind of thing too, every once in a while thinking that it would be fun sometime to pick a lane and follow it however far it...
... Well if I'm following this right, the 11 NB left lane becomes the 17 WB left lane/mainline lane going into Sudbury, which then becomes the main lane of old...
SB Woodbine Ave Left Lane, becomes WB Lake Shore Blvd Left Lane, becomes WB Lake Shore Blvd Centre Lane (at Leslie), becomes WB Gardiner Expwy Right Lane,...