Ontario Tackling Gridlock to Save Drivers Time

• With the worst travel times in North America, gridlock in Ontario is at a tipping point, and we need to act now.
• The proposed legislation would create a new Building Highways Faster Act that would designate Highway 413, Bradford Bypass and Garden City Skyway bridge as priority projects and allow the province to designate other highway projects to help get these projects built faster.
  • The Act would also exempt certain early works on Highway 413 that are near or adjacent to existing infrastructure and would have minimal environmental impacts from this process, to help get construction started without any more delay.
• The Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act would save drivers up to $72 million this decade by enshrining fee freezes for knowledge and road tests in legislation and ensuring faster and safer towing services by making the Tow Zone Pilot a permanent program.
  • The proposed legislation would also require municipalities to receive approval from the province before installing new bike lanes that would result in the removal of lanes for traffic.
  • In addition, our government announced plans to make roads safer and prevent accidents and damages that can occur from potholes by consulting with municipalities to develop a pothole prevention and repair fund to open in the 2025 construction season.
  • Finally, we intend to increase the speed limit to 110 km/h, where it is safe to do so, on all 400-series highways.
• Under the leadership of Premier Ford, our government is saving drivers money and getting traffic moving again, including by building critical new highways like Highway 413 and the Bradford Bypass.