20110311/安省407高速公路延至奥沙华市

明报/安省自由党政府加快407公路东段延伸,从皮克灵市(Pickering)的布罗克路(Brock Road)到奥沙华市(Oshawa)的哈莫尼路(Harmony Road),预定2015年接通。

这条收费公路将再向东延长,2020年连接35及115公路。

也将会兴建10公里长的南北公路West Durham Link,到2015年407公路东段即可衔接401高速公路。

省府表示,首阶段工程延伸至奥沙华的哈莫尼路,而不是终止在森高街(Simcoe Street),将可纾缓市内交通的阻塞。

安省交通厅长韦恩昨天表示,省府与多个社区组织及代表商讨,审核省府的407公路伸延计划,并顾及地区的问题。韦恩又表示,延伸407公路可以创造数以万计的工作职位,单是第一期工程,就可以创造1.3万个职位。

彼得堡(Peterborough)地区居民多年来催促安省政府,加快延长407公路到35与115公路。不过,也有受影响居民关注到伸延公路为社区带来的交通繁忙及阻塞问题。

保守党却指出,407公路延伸衔接35及115公路,其实应在2013年竣工。

Highway 407 East Extension To Be Completed By 2020

March 10, 2011

McGuinty Government Creating 13,000 Jobs, Strengthening Ontario’s Economy

The extension of Highway 407 East to Harmony Road in Oshawa by 2015, and then to Highway 35/115 by 2020, will help relieve highway congestion and create about 13,000 jobs in the first phase alone.

The first phase of construction was originally planned from Brock Road in Pickering to Simcoe Street in Oshawa. This will now be extended further to Harmony Road by 2015 to improve traffic flow.

Phase two of the extension to Highway 35/115 in Clarington will be complete by 2020, with an interim interchange at Taunton Road for the East Durham Link by 2017.

The 407 East Extension will better serve residents and businesses along the highway route, relieve congested areas of Highway 401 – Canada’s busiest highway – and allow for efficient movement of goods and people across Ontario.

This is part of the government’s Open Ontario plan to create jobs and strengthen the economy.

QUOTES

“I’ve been meeting with community groups and representatives, reviewing our plans for this highway and addressing local concerns. We’ve said all along that we would honour our commitment to extend the 407 East to Highway 35/115 and now we have a timetable to get it built.” – Kathleen Wynne Minister of Transportation

“The McGuinty government is proceeding with the entire extension of Highway 407 East. This is a tremendous investment in the future of Peterborough and the surrounding area. The economic spin-offs for local residents will greatly add to our quality of life.” – Jeff Leal MPP Peterborough

“The 407 East will serve communities along the highway route like those in the Township of Brock and the City of Kawartha Lakes, helping open our region for business while relieving congested areas of Highway 401 and improving the movement of goods and people across Ontario.” – Rick Johnson MPP Haliburton – Kawartha Lakes – Brock

QUICK FACTS

Highway 407 East will remain a publicly owned asset that will increase in value over time.
A historic amount of $2.7 billion was invested in 2010 in Ontario’s roads, highways and bridges

LEARN MORE

Extending Highway 407 East From Brock Road Pickering to Highway 35/115
What does it take to build a highway?
See up-to-date information on road conditions and construction projects on major highways online or call the ministry’s road information line at 416-235-4686, toll-free at 1-800-268-4686.
Map 407 E Phase 1 and Phase 2