An agreement between Ottawa and Queen's Park to allow the Ford government's signature Highway 413 project to proceed has been ratified by a federal judge.
RELATED: Tabling the government’s most recent budget on Thursday, Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy outlined proposed investments in Highway 413 and other proposed highway projects. These include a new twin bridge over the Welland Canal on the Queen Elizabeth Way, widening of Highway 401 in eastern Ontario, widening Highway 17 from Arnprior, Ont. To Renfrew, Ont.
“At Ontario and Canada’s request, the Federal Court has ordered that the Highway 413 Project’s designation under the Impact Assessment Act be set aside.”The now-cancelled Impact Assessment Act process meant Ontario could not begin building the route until the federal government was satisfied the province had dealt with ways the highway could hurt protected local species.
“In the coming months, we will move ahead with procurement to get shovels in the ground on key interchanges of the project, bringing us one step closer to getting it done,” he said.In May 2021, after a request from the advocacy group Environmental Defence, the federal government opted to use its powers under the Impact Assessment Act to halt all work on the project.
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