Highway 401

• Metrolinx struggled to tunnel under Hwy. 401, forcing lane closure and repairs

  Since early 2023, a tunnel boring machine has been slowly making its way south from Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road, digging out a route for the Scarborough Subway Extension.

  Politics

  Nov 12, 2025
  
• Labour Minister tells Ford-friendly union it will be tapped to build Hwy. 401 tunnel

  In a video posted to social media, Labour Minister David Piccini told members of a private sector union they'd be tapped to build Hwy. 413 and the 401 tunnel.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2025
  
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• Ford government refuses to release completed work on Hwy. 401 tunnel idea

  Ontario is refusing to release already completed work on the viability of Premier Doug Ford's Highway 401 tunnel vision after signing a $9.1 million contract to study it again.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2025
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• Ontario awards $9.1M contract to study Hwy. 401 tunnel concept

  Internal studies into the concept at the Ministry of Transportation were paused in 2021 and found there was a 'potential for roadway collapse.'

  Politics

  Nov 7, 2025
• Deadly 401 crash: Family suing Durham Police over alleged ‘reckless judgment’

  The parents of an infant who was killed, along with his grandparents, in a wrong-way crash on Highway 401 in Whitby, Ont., in April 2024 are suing Durham police.

  Crime

  Oct 16, 2025
• No contract awarded to study Hwy. 401 tunnel plan, one year after it was announced

  Last year, Doug Ford unveiled a plan to tunnel an expressway beneath Highway 401. The government, however, still hasn't appointed a company to study the idea.

  Politics

  Sep 25, 2025
• ‘Shocking’ dashcam footage shows wrong-way driver on Ontario’s Highway 401

  Police released dashcam footage that shows a dark-coloured Honda Civic going the wrong way on Highway 401 in Milton, Ont., before barely missing the vehicle that had the dashcam. 

  Crime

  Sep 17, 2025
• ‘I just believe he will’: Ford thinks Hwy. 401 tunnel will be nation-building project

  Last week, Ottawa announced five ideas that its new Major Projects Office would usher through the approvals process and fast-track. The 401 tunnel was not on the list.

  Politics

  Sep 16, 2025
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• Ford dismisses warning Hwy. 401 tunnel could result in potential ‘roadway collapse’

  Ford has pushed to build a tunnelled expressway under Highway 401 since September 2024, but internal documents obtained by Global News show work on the idea began as early as 2019.

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  Aug 6, 2025
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• Ontario initially found Hwy. 401 tunnel plan had ‘potential for roadway collapse’

  An internal assessment of the plan determined that burrowing a tunnel under the highway would face technical and financial problems and could pose 'risks to public safety.'

  Politics

  Aug 6, 2025