Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria was asked repeatedly on Thursday about plans Premier Doug Ford had previously indicated were underway to buy Highway 407.
as part of its attempts to reduce gridlock but won’t offer any details of what that consideration looks like and if any work has taken place behind the scenes to advance the idea.
The minister, however, repeatedly refused to offer details of what actions — if any — the government had taken to pursue the plan. While the government won’t say what work, if any, has taken place to look at taking control of Highway 407 — or reducing tolls for it — Ontario Liberal MPP John Fraser said the province should have the resources to handle the study in-house.“Government’s perfectly capable of doing this, finding the resources and you don’t necessarily need a ton of resources to do it, it doesn’t have to be an intensive project.
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