Ontario to Increase Speed Limits on More Sections of Provincial Highways

The Ontario government says it’s raising the speed limit on more sections of its provincial highways. An additional 10 sections of highways will see the speed limit increased from 100 kilometres per hour to 110 kilometres per hour, the provincial government said in an April 24 release. “Most of Ontario’s highways were originally designed to safely accommodate speed limits of 110 km/h and the data from our changes in 2022 shows they do just that,” Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria said in the release. At a press conference on April 24, Mr. Sarkaria said the increases will cover over 36 percent, or 860 kilometres, of Ontario’s highway network....