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Originally Posted by Wharn
That's not really much of an excuse considering Harris based his entire political mantra on making cuts. He reduced spending and had nothing to show for it, whereas McGuinty has been completely out of control and has nothing to show for it.
The most critical Northern connections are not finished. Highway 400 is still not finished to Sudbury. There are still gaps in Highway 11 to North Bay. The 417 has been proceeding at an agonizingly slow pace. Then in the south, we have jokes like the stalling 424 and the graded but unfinished Collingwood Bypass:
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Hwy 26 is a case of McGuinty killing a highway ... I do agree with that.
But for the others, the 417 has been built at a snails pace for years, in fact Stirling (then Conservative Transportation Minister) said that the 417 through Arnprior wouldn't be started until Hwy 7 was built to Carleton Place -- obviously that hasn't been the case.
The twinning of Hwy 11 and 69 is about where it should be. Twinning contracts have been coming with about the same frequency under the liberals as they were under the Conservatives.
HOV lane implementation was undertaken by the Liberals. Some serious reconstruction of the 417 has taken place or is currently underway.
The Windsor Essex Parkway is underway, which I see as a pretty big deal.
Objectively, I don't see how you can think that the Liberals are doing much of a different job then the Conservatives did before them when it comes to our highways.
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Originally Posted by Tibor420
the proposed highway 424 from Cambridge to Hamilton (combined CMA pop of 1.2 million)... anywhere else in Canada these would be a given...
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There is some pretty serious local opposition to the 424. A study was underway a couple of years ago, if it isn't still. Same goes for the widening of Highway 7/8 between New Hamburg and Stratford. Ever since the freeway revolts of the 1970s the public has to buy into new road construction, which is has become increasingly difficult in some parts of the province.
(Photo from 2009).
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