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Originally Posted by Rathgrith
^I know! Its like the MTO is attempting to look somewhat interested in those who live outside of the GTHA. I also doubt it will it off the ground in the next 50 to 1billion years.
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Even in Eastern Ontario, there are greater provincial priorities that are not currently on the books:
-Highway 417 needs to be extended up at least to Pembroke and Petawawa, if not North Bay (of course, that will never happen with a liberal government and a corridor going through a strongly small-c conservative area)
-Highway 401 needs to be widened to 6 lanes from Kingston to Cobourg
-Within Ottawa, major transit improvements are necessary
(Any Ottawa bridge would be a federal issue, so that is not included)
The traffic counts on Highway 417 west of Highway 7 are generally around 20,000 to 25,000 cars on a typical weekday. East of Anderson Road, traffic counts also run in the 20,000 to 30,000 range. While some may be picked up from Highways 7 and 416, that isn't enough to warrant a bypass right now. When they get up over 40,000 or so, then it might be warranted. Right now, it would either act as a sprawl magnet, or draw too few cars to be warranted with a corridor (Highway 417) below capacity for 20 hours a day after improvements.