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Originally Posted by hipster duck
No apologies necessary. What they did lining Hwy 7 with big box stores and fast food joints in Carleton Place really screwed up any future extensions westward toward Perth. I’m not sure how much say the MTO has - or had - with local decisions like that. 1overcosc is right that a lot of these bypasses have been compromised into stroads. Still, there are some places that manage to resist the commercialization and keep the curb cuts at bay - I’m thinking about Hwy 7 bypassing Lindsay, Hwy 3 bypassing Tilsonburg, the St Thomas expressway, etc.
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From what I can see, a 4-laned or freeway Hwy 7 to Perth would be on a new alignment on the East side of Mississippi Lake. It would actually be a shorter route and would come close enough to also serve as a faster connection to Smiths Falls than Hwy 15.
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