Ontario Accelerating Construction on the Gardiner Expressway by at Least One Year

• Our government is helping to accelerate construction on the Gardiner Expressway by at least one year by providing up to $73 million to the City of Toronto on the condition that work may be allowed to proceed on a 24/7 basis.
• This will help hundreds of thousands of drivers from Toronto, Peel, Halton, York, Hamilton and across Ontario, who use the Gardiner Expressway each day, get out of gridlock and where they need to go faster.
• Our investment will support contractors working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with multiple shifts per day.
• Additional measures also being supported through this funding agreement to improve traffic flow include modification of the Jameson to West Bound Gardiner on-ramp, opening a left-turn lane at Spadina Avenue from Lake Shore East Boulevard and relaxing noise restrictions and overnight lane closures.
• The current phase of work on the Gardiner Expressway involves the full demolition and rebuilding of 700 metres of elevated roadway from Dufferin Street to Strachan Avenue, rehabilitating the supporting structures and adding a new traffic management system and streetlights.
• Our accelerated timeline moves the construction completion date from April 2027 to at least April 2026, which will benefit Ontario’s economy by an estimated $273 million by getting drivers and goods out of gridlock a year faster than planned.