Highway 413

• Ontario added 134 km of lanes to Highway 401. Its key bottleneck didn’t get better

  Travel times on Highway 401's bottleneck in Toronto were around 25 minutes in 2016. They worsened to as much as 32 minutes last year and could hit an hour by 2051.

  Politics

  Apr 24
  
• Federal government advised Ontario to reroute Highway 413: documents

  The federal government advised Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives to reroute their signature Highway 413 project to protect endangered species, internal documents reveal.

  Politics

  Jan 30
  
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• Ontario reaches tentative agreement with striking engineers

  The province announced it had reached the tentative agreement with the Professional Engineers Government of Ontario bargaining unit.

  Canada

  Jan 23
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• Ontario did not illegally lock out engineers striking on Hwy. 413: labour board

  The union representing striking government engineers had complained that the province had effectively locked out members who had withdrawn their labour from key projects.

  Politics

  Dec 6, 2024
• Ontario engineers stop work on more projects amid strike, including Hwy. 401 expansion

  Government engineers have been escalating strike action after 22 months without a contract, now removing their services from highways across Ontario.

  Politics

  Nov 19, 2024
• Union claims government told striking Hwy 413 engineers they can’t return to work

  On Monday, union said it had removed major technical engineers it represents from Ontario infrastructure projects as it continues an ongoing contract battle with the province.

  Politics

  Nov 2, 2024
• Ontario engineers plan to remove members from Highway 413, Bradford Bypass projects

  Senior government engineers are set to stop work on key Ontario government highway projects as a standoff with the province over pay continues.

  Canada

  Oct 22, 2024
• Ontario to speed up environmental assessments, property acquisitions for Highway 413

  Ontario's transportation minister says he plans to introduce legislation that would speed up property acquisitions for highways such as the planned Highway 413.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2024
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• ‘Throwaway cost’: Doug Ford ordered Highway 413 signs, then replaced them weeks later 

  Documents obtained by Global News show the government rushed promotional signs for Highway 413 and the Bradford Bypass, before ripping them out because the font wasn't big enough.

  Politics

  Jul 17, 2024
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• Ontario sets sights on Highway 413 construction, promises more roads

  Ontario is moving ahead with its plans to build Highway 413, planning to get construction underway in 2025. The road, leaders promise, will not be the last new highway.

  Politics

  Apr 30, 2024