Highway 407

• Driver caught speeding on Ontario highway was suspended since 1985

  The Ontario Provincial Police say they pulled over a driver who was suspended from driving more than 40 years ago.

  Crime

  Oct 9, 2025
  
• Subsidizing Hwy. 407 truck tolls will create lineups ‘from here to Timbuktu’: Ford

  Premier Doug Ford is pressing the brakes on the idea of subsidizing tolls for trucks on Highway 407 because doing so would create lineups "from here to Timbuktu."

  Politics

  Aug 27, 2025
  
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• Ford considers widening ‘jammed up’ Hwy. 407 East weeks after tolls were removed

  At an unrelated event, Premier Doug Ford said he was considering widening the public portion of Highway 407 only a few weeks after removing tolls on the route.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2025
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• Ford government directed staff to ‘brainstorm’ how to subsidize truck tolls on Hwy. 407

  Internal documents show civil servants were told to 'brainstorm and explore' policies to reduce congestion on Highway 401, including 'diverting' truck traffic to the 407.

  Politics

  Aug 8, 2025
• Ford says he would ‘never rule out’ Highway 407 buyback

  On Wednesday, at an unrelated event, Ford was asked if he was still considering buying out the toll highway, which Ontario sold to a private operator in the 1990s. 

  Canada

  May 14, 2025
• Ford government confirms removal of tolls on part of Highway 407

  On Tuesday, the province announced it would remove the tolls from Highway 407 East, which runs through Durham Region from Brock Road to Highway 35/155, beginning on June 1.

  Canada

  May 13, 2025
• Ontario drivers to get a ‘March break’ while driving on Hwy. 407

  March may be a sweeter than normal month for some who spend hours stuck behind the wheel around the Greater Toronto Area.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2025
• Ontario election: Parties promise to cut Highway 407 tolls but disagree on where

  On Wednesday, Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford was in Durham Region to announce his commitment to removing tolls from the public portion of Highway 407.

  Politics

  Feb 5, 2025
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• Ontario election: NDP says it would initiate purchase of Hwy. 407, remove tolls

  Ontario’s NDP is promising to remove tolls from the privately owned Highway 407 and initiate a potential purchase of the highway in a pre-election pitch to voters.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2025
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• Ford says ‘it’s time to sit down’ with Hwy. 407 executives to discuss next steps

  Speaking to reporters on Thursday afternoon, Ford said he had not sat down with the operators of Highway 407 but admitted it was a conversation he needed to have.

  Politics

  Jan 10, 2025