The province will increase the velocity restrict on sure highways, together with Freeway 401 and Freeway 403.
Ontario’s Minister of Transportation, Prabmeet Sarkaria, introduced that as of July 12, the velocity restrict will enhance to 110 km/h from 100 km/h on 10 extra sections of provincial highways in Ontario’s north and south parts.
“A lot of Ontario’s freeway community was initially designed to securely accommodate velocity limits of 110 km/h, and knowledge from our adjustments in 2022 present they just do that,” Sarkaria mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
Pace limits can even enhance alongside a 26-kilometre stretch of Freeway 403 from Woodstock to Brantford, a 60-kilometre stretch between Sudbury and French River and a 35-kilometre stretch on Freeway 401 from Freeway 35/115 to Cobourg.
“These evidence-based will increase are a common sense change to make life extra handy for Ontario drivers whereas bringing our freeway velocity limits consistent with different Canadian provinces,” added Sarkaria.
The everlasting enhance in velocity from to 110 km/h will cowl 36 per cent and 860 kilometres of Ontario’s freeway community.
Full listing of Ontario highways that can see elevated velocity limits
Hwy. 401, Tilbury, extending the present 110 km/h zone additional east by 7 km
Hwy. 401 from Hwy. 35/115 to Cobourg (roughly 35 km)
Hwy. 401 from Colborne to Belleville (roughly 44 km)
Hwy. 401 from Belleville to Kingston (roughly 66 km)
Hwy. 401 from Hwy 16 to Quebec boundary (roughly 107 km)
Hwy. 403 from Woodstock to Brantford (roughly 26 km)
Hwy. 403 from Brantford to Hamilton (roughly 14.5 km)
Hwy. 406 from Thorold to Welland (roughly 13 km)
Hwy. 416 from Hwy. 401 to Ottawa (roughly 70 km)
Hwy. 69 from Sudbury to French River (roughly 60 km)
The province mentioned all freeway sections had been chosen primarily based on their potential to securely accommodate greater velocity limits.
One yr in the past, the Ford authorities introduced that six stretches of freeway within the province, together with a part of Freeway 404 within the Larger Toronto Space (GTA) would completely have their speeds raised to 110 km/h.
The elevated speeds on 5 stretches of the 400-series highways had been first applied when the province launched a pilot undertaking in 2019 to check the speeds on a trial foundation.
In March 2022, the province introduced a 30-year plan for public transit and freeway expansions throughout the GTA and Golden Horseshoe, with plans to spend $82 billion within the subsequent decade.
Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan have a most velocity restrict of 110 km/h, whereas in British Columbia, the utmost velocity restrict is 120 km/h.
