Gardiner Expressway Construction Months Ahead of Schedule

April 25, 2025

• Our government is getting drivers out of gridlock by investing in infrastructure and accelerating construction on priority highways, allowing 24-hour-a-day construction, seven days a week.
• This investment is part of our government’s plan to protect Ontario in the face of economic uncertainty, including from U.S. tariffs, by investing in infrastructure to support economic growth, fight gridlock and keep workers on the job.
• With rehabilitation complete on the two southern and the two centre lanes of the Gardiner Expressway between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue, work is now beginning on the final northern lanes.
• The Gardiner rehabilitation project will support approximately 500 good-paying construction and supply chain jobs and will deliver long-term benefits for commuters and the economy. Once construction is complete, the 140,000 drivers who rely on the Gardiner each day will save up to 22 minutes per trip.
• Accelerating construction on the Gardiner Expressway will save Ontario’s economy $273 million by easing congestion and getting people and goods out of gridlock at least one year sooner.