Ontario to Begin Highway 413 Construction in 2025

Published on May 6, 2024

Shovels will hit the ground in 2025 as Ontario begins construction of the much-debated Highway 413, Premier Doug Ford has announced. The province is currently evaluating the ground’s soil composition and bedrock depth and is hoping to host a “market sounding event” in May with experts to “discuss ways to move construction forward quickly and efficiently,” the province said in a press release. The province said it hopes to begin land acquisitions in the fall with construction starting next year. “Highway 413 will help meet the needs of our growing province as a prosperity corridor that will create thousands of good-paying union jobs during the construction phase and make life easier and more convenient for millions of drivers in the GTA and across Ontario,” Premier Doug Ford said in a press release. “We’re getting it done.”...

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