A drone image near the King City ONroute rest stop on Highway 400 shows the location of the easternmost part of the proposed Highway 413 project.
Ontario hopes to begin building Highway 413 within a year, the province's transportation minister said Tuesday, after reaching an agreement with the federal government. Ontario hopes to begin building Highway 413 within a year, the province's transportation minister said Tuesday, after reaching an agreement with the federal government.
The federal government had marked the highway project for a federal review under its powers in the Impact Assessment Act.The province then took the federal government to court, asking the court to stop Ottawa from applying the impugned legislation to the project, which ultimately led to the recent agreement.
"We've come to a conclusion with our federal partners on this to ensure, from an environmental perspective to that working group, that all issues are being addressed." The province has touted the proposed 52-kilometre Highway 413 that connects the regions of York, Peel and Halton, as part of its plan to fight gridlock and expand public transit.Over the past few years, the province has weakened some environmental protections, as it seeks a building boom of houses, highways and other major infrastructure projects such as mines.
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