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Promises made by Ontario Premier Doug Ford to buy Highway 407 and remove the tolls to help ease chronic gridlock have so far come up empty,

Oshawa MPP Jennifer French, the NDP Critic for Infrastructure, Transportation & Highways, called out the government’s inaction on Highway 407 as the region faces some of the “worst traffic worldwide.”

“People deserve a government that gets them where they need to go, safely and efficiently,” said French. “While people are stuck in gridlock across the GTA, the 407 sits half-empty – and this premier isn’t doing anything about it.”

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Oh my goood. Slow news day? Highway tolls are good, Canada can't afford to maintain all its roads as is. It might not be a popular opinion but it is an evidence-based one.

[–] NarrativeBear 2 points 1 week ago

Most of Ontario's roadway infrastructure is in a decline and has been for a while now. Think potholes, crumbling sidewalks, crumbling bridges, lack of roadway reworks for better traffic calming and pedestrian safety to reach "vision zero".

Its amazing how much car centric infrastructure costs to build and maintain. Its also heavily subsidised, because if you had to pay the "actual cost" to use a roadway it would be unaffordable. Not to mention the indirect costs, such as environmental costs and public heath and wellbeing.

There is a visible difference in how well maintained the tolled 407 is compared to other 400 series highways in terms of proper on/off ramps, concrete roadways, quick response times to debris clearing.

It is a shame the remaining "profits" (after maintainace costs) do not go into other infrastructure projects in Ontario, like schools, hospitals, and parks, but instead a private purse.

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