Ontario's transportation minister says he plans to introduce legislation that would speed up property acquisitions for highways such as the planned Highway 413.
Ontario plans to speed up the building of highways by facilitating construction 24 hours a day, accelerating property acquisitions, and creating a faster environmental assessment process.
“These common sense changes will help us build these projects significantly faster, saving drivers and families up to five hours every week,” he said. “Every year, gridlock costs Ontario’s economy $11 billion in lost productivity,” Sarkaria said Thursday. “This is money that could be invested in roads, hospitals and schools.”The new bill would designating Highway 413, the Bradford Bypass and the Garden City Skyway bridge as priority projects to speed up their construction.For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.
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