I get that based on capacity, widening the 401 between Tilbury and London is not a priority.
However...
-People simply do not 'feel' safe driving this stretch. The main reasoning is the high truck volumes.
-Anyone driving the 401 from Toronto or even further beyond has had a concrete median the whole way. Losing the median and a truck passing lane is annoying.
-With all the infrastructure investments in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, something needs to be done elsewhere to appease voters who think all their money is just going to Toronto and not their own backyard.
-It makes 0 sense to have 6 lanes from Windsor to Tilbury anyway. Either the whole stretch from Windsor to London should be 4 or 6 lanes. Seems like it just ends at Tilbury for no reason? Yes we know that the old median was narrower between Windsor and Tilbury before the widening but most people do not know that.
-6 continuous lanes from the new Gordie Howe Bridge to Toronto. This is the last piece that needs to be done.
I could go on and on but I am happy to see this in the works officially. I drive from London to Windsor only around 5-10 times a year but I always hate it. The capacity and design improvements is something I am looking forward to... Even if we have to deal with years of construction.
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More details from the London Free Press:
PCs keeping promise with $1B highway expansion
https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...0-d5ef5fa4f0ee