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Originally Posted by Marcus CLS
Some of the above comments are invalid. The 417 is an interprovincial highway, with cargo truck traffic and allows for the movement of goods. It serves a double purpose. Commuting and through traffic that is not stopping by. It is under provincial jurisdiction not city. The Gardiner expressway in T.O. is under city jurisdiction so opinions about burying, altering or demolishing the Gardiner are valid. In Ottawa however, as a 400 series highway these considerations are invalid. It serves the province and the city but the province trumps local city considerations.
Trucks are banned from the NCC parkways.
A ring road will be required down the road as has happened in Calgary and Edmonton but the Queensway is here to stay.
The GTA has a ring road (sort of) it's called the 407, also under provincial juisdiction.
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That's the first anyone has pointed out that the 417 is a provincial highway, the City of Ottawa can't do anything about it. The suggestion by the Citizen writer is no different than someone suggesting the City of Toronto should get rid of the 401, it would never happen.
The 407 though is not provincial, it is a privately owned road (though originally built by the province)