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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
Anyone going east/west and not needing to go through Toronto will take 17/417. Prime example is when I go to Montreal from Sudbury.
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I don't think anyone said that no-one does it, but the number of cars per day is very low.
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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
You mean no one crosses Canada? How narrow minded are you?
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Do you really think that thousands of people cross Canada every day, significantly contributing to the congestion in Ottawa?
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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
My definition of congestion is not able to maintain the posted limit in any lane.
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So if you are mildly inconvenienced we should build a new bypass so that you can drive on a road all to yourself?
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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
Is everyone here too young to not remember "Keep apart 2 chevrons"?
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No, but we don't have chevrons painted on the 417, so why does that matter? Besides, the chevrons were likely about 30 m apart, given the MTO's guidelines, not over 100 m apart.
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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
Yes, and that seems to be a theme on that highway for the last 5-10+ years.
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That's what happens when all the overpasses that were built within about a decade of each other reach the end of their useful life and the province decides to widen the highway from 6 to 8 lanes while they are at it, so they decide to gradually replace them all. Its not a permanent problem.