Highway Improvements Continue In Northwestern Ontario
McGuinty Government Creating Jobs and Help Families
Thirty two projects in Northwestern Ontario are nearing completion, improving safety, keeping traffic moving and creating greater economic opportunities and more than 1,900 construction related jobs in the region.
A total of 494 kilometres of highways are being repaved and nine bridges are being rehabilitated or replaced.
Key projects include:
- Improving 21 kilometres of Highway 11 east of Fort Frances;
- Improving 28 kilometres of Highway 11 west of Geraldton;
- Reconstructing of 18 kilometres of Highway 17 west of Vermilion Bay;
- Reconstructing of 16 kilometres of Highway 17 east of Upsala;
- Improving of 20 kilometres of Highway 17 east of Marathon;
- Fabricating pre-cast concrete deck components for the Noden Causeway on Highway 11 east of Fort Frances;
- Fabricating structural steel for the Mackenzie River Bridges for the new four-lane alignment of Highway 11/17.
These projects are part of the Open Ontario plan to create jobs and improve Ontario’s infrastructure.
QUICK FACTS
- This year the McGuinty government plans to invest $273 million in regional highways.
- The Ontario government is investing $2.7 billion into designing, repairing and expanding highways, roads and bridges.
- Investing in Ontario’s highway infrastructure will create or sustain an estimated 17,000 jobs.
- The Ontario government committed a record $773 million in the 2010-11 Northern Highways Program.
LEARN MORE
- Read the Ontario government’s five-year investment plan for highway construction in Northern Ontario.
- Get up-to-date construction reports on major highways in the area. You can also call the ministry’s road information line toll-free at 1-800-268-4686 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1-800-268-4686 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
