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Copyright: Neptis Foundation, 2004

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Final approval of the provincial environmental assessment of a new controlled access highway between Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo was deferred at the request of MTO as a result of concerns raised by local municipalities and environmental groups.

Highway 404 northward extension Davis Drive to Hwy 12 The extension of Highway 404 along the south shore of Lake Simcoe to Highway 12 received provincial environmental assessment approval in August 2002.

Bradford By-Pass/404-400 linkThe Bradford By-Pass, linking Highways 404 and 400, received provincial environmental assessment approval in August 2002.

Highway 407 eastward extension To Hwy 35/115, Whitby link Courtice linkTerms of reference for the provincial environmental assessment of the proposed eastward extension of Highway 407 to Highway 35/115 are under development.

Highway 410 northward extension Phases 1, 2, 3 Highway 10 toward CollingwoodThe extension of Highway 410 beyond Phase 3 is conceptual at this stage, but extension towards Collingwood is referenced in MTO planning documents.

Highway 427 northward extension Concepts 1,2,3,4This proposed highway, for which environmental assessment terms of reference are being developed, would run from the north end of Highway 427 to north of Barrie.

The proposed Mid-Peninsula Highway would run from the Canada-US border to the Hamilton-Burlington area. The environmental assessment of the project was subject to a legal challenge by the City of Burlington and is under revision.

The GTA East-West Corridor, linking the area of the 410/407 intersection to the area of Kitchener-Waterloo-Guelph is referenced in the MTO's Strategic Plans, but is conceptual at this stage.

THIS MAP SHOWS the major highway development projects in the Toronto Region, initiated or proposed between 1995 and 2003 by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and the Province's SuperBuild Corporation. The Pembina Institute and Neptis Foundation have undertaken this project to provide information on the location and status of these projects, and to prompt discussion of their implications, both individual and cumulative, for future development patterns in the region. Additional information on the work of the Neptis Foundation and the Pembina Institute on urban issues can be accessed at www.neptis.org and www.pembina.org.

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References

Citizens Opposed to Paving the Escarpment (COPE). The Mid-Peninsula Highway and COPE. Available March 18, 2004: .

Government of Ontario Environmental Assessment Activities. EA Project Updates. Available March 18, 2004:

.Higgins, Glen. Central Region Planner, Ontario Ministry of Transportation's Planning and

Environment Division (416-235-5416). Personal interview, September 15, 2003, January 7, 2004.

Highway 407. Available March 18, 2004: .King's Highway 7 Route Map Website. Available March 18, 2004:

.Ontario Environmental Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER E.18. Available March 18, 2004:

.Ontario Environmental Assessment Activities. Highway 7 (Kitchener to Guelph).

Available March 18, 2004: .

Ontario: Ernie Eves, Premier. Eves Government Extending Highway 410 To Ease Gridlock In Brampton-Caledon Area. Available, as of September 15, 2003:

Ontario Ministry of Finance. Ontario Government has a Plan to Address Gridlock (May 14, 2001). Available March 18, 2004: .

Ontario Ministry of the Environment's (MOE) website. What Are Class EA's? Available March 18, 2004: .

Ontario Ministry of Transportation. Backgrounder Renseignements. Available, as of September 15, 2003: .

----- Central Ontario Strategic Transportation Directions. January, 2002.----- Eves government amends Mid-Peninsula Terms of Reference. Available March 18, 2004:

.----- Eves government moves forward on Highway 404 extension and the Bradford Bypass.

Available March 18, 2004: .

----- Highway 427 Extension: Executive Summary. Proposed Study Area for the Highway 427 Individual Environmental Assessment. 13. Available March 18, 2004:

.----- Simcoe Area Transportation Needs Assessment. June , 2002. Available March 18, 2004

.Ontario SuperBuild. Addressing the Gridlock Supporting Transit Expansion. Available, as of

September 19, 2003: Opton, Brian. Ontario Ministry of Transportation (416-235-3969). Personal Interview,

September 16, 2003. Sieradzki, Susan. Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Planning and Environment Department

(416-235-5549). Personal interviews, September 15 & 18, 2003, February 9, 2004.Steel, Audrey. Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Planning and Environment Department

(416-235-5546). Personal interviews, September 15 & 18, 2003.SuperBuild. “Some of Ontario's Investments in Transportation”, SuperBuild Progress Report 2003. 23.

Available March 18, 2004: .

Tschirhart, Chris. Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Planning and Environment Department (416-235-5547). Personal interviews, September 15 & 18, 2003.

TSH Engineers Architects Planners, Gartner Lee Limited, McCormick Rankin Corporation, URS Canada. Highway 407 East Completion, Draft EA Terms of Reference. Presentation given On February 3, 2004 to Clarington 407 Community Advisory Committee.

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Proposed 400 Series Highway ExtensionsToronto Region, March 18, 2004