Ontario Building Highways Faster to Get Drivers Moving

• Every minute wasted in traffic is a minute that could be spent with friends, family, and the people who matter most.
• Our government understands how frustrating it is to be stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and the need to build highways and roads to help get people moving.
• That is why the Building Highways Faster Act would streamline utility relocations, accelerate access to property and property acquisitions and introduce new penalties for obstructing access for field investigations or damaging equipment. It would also allow regulation-making authority to facilitate around-the-clock, 24/7 construction on priority highway projects.
• Our government is also proposing legislation that would create an accelerated environmental assessment process for Highway 413, allowing the province to proceed with early works while maintaining Ontario’s stringent oversight of environmental protections.
• These proposed changes are part of upcoming legislation that will kick off the fall sitting of the Ontario legislature on October 21, 2024, focusing on tackling gridlock and getting drivers and commuters across Ontario out of traffic.