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Originally Posted by sa230e
I'm not a civil engineer but in my head I've always thought they should build a beltway around the GTA but only with interchanges at other 400 series highways and not surface streets to discourage using it as a commuter route.
On paper at least it should allow traffic to bypass the city and siphon traffic off the 401 while limiting urban sprawl and induced demand. Plus, fewer interchanges reduces the cost of the project.
Crazy idea?
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Isn't that kinda what the express lanes on the 401 do? Other than the collector transfers, the only exits they have are at major freeway interchanges (or one offs like Hurontario Street).
At one point it was called the Toronto bypass. The 413 aims to bypass the 401's bypass (407). It's like Toronto got too big and now needs triple bypass surgery
