Ontario Proposing Toll Ban on All Provincial Highways, With One Exception

The Ontario government has legislation in the works that will ban tolls on all provincial highways with the exception of Highway 407. If approved by the Legislature, the ban would apply to the 400-series highways as well as the Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway once they are uploaded to the province. Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria announced the move Feb. 15, saying the province is “on a mission to keep costs down for families and businesses.” “First, we scrapped the tolls on Highways 412 and 418, now we’re protecting drivers from the costs of new tolls,” Mr. Sarkaria said in a press release....