The Ford government says it has been “in conversation” with the owners of Highway 407 as calls grow for the province to either buy back […]
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Ford government makes limited progress on Hwy. 401 tunnel study
More than two months after Ontario Premier Doug Ford stood at the edge of Highway 401 and promised to dig a 50-kilometre tunnel below the […]
How a Hwy. 401 tunnel went from private proposal to government policy
Long before Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced plans to burrow a tunnel under Highway 401, a Canadian construction firm with a history of successful public […]
Ford government will not ‘take no for an answer’ on Highway 401 tunnel plan
Ontario’s transportation minister says the government will not “take no for an answer” as it forges ahead with the early stages of a plan to […]
Ontario considered Hwy. 407 buyback before announcing tunnel dream, Ford says
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government considered buying back Highway 407, an idea long-touted by opposition parties, to reduce congestion around Toronto, before deciding […]
Cost of Ford’s Highway 401 tunnel dream would be ‘astronomical,’ experts say
Doug Ford’s tunnelled highway plan will likely cost tens of billions of dollars and be hugely complicated, experts and advocates say. On Wednesday morning, Ford […]
An expressway under Ontario’s Highway 401? Ford touts idea with few details
The Ontario government is announcing plans to explore whether tunnelling under a major highway, an idea Premier Doug Ford first mused about when he was […]
Work begins to widen another portion of Highway 401 in Ontario
Ontario is moving forward with plans to further widen parts of Highway 401, with new plans announced to accommodate expansions east of Toronto. On Friday, […]
‘Officers lost sight of the vehicle’: New details emerge in deadly wrong-way 401 crash
More details have been released by Durham Regional Police about officers pursuing a robbery suspect vehicle that ended up driving the wrong way on Highway […]
OPP investigate serious crash near Milton sending 2 to hospital
Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash on Sunday night on Highway 401 that sent two people to hospital with serious injuries. Officers posted […]