Speed limits set to increase on some Ontario highways, including parts of 401

Speed limits connected immoderate Ontario highways are group to summation connected Friday, including ample portions of nan 401.

Beginning connected July 12, velocity limits will beryllium permanently raised 10 kilometres per hr to 110 km/h connected 10 roadways successful bluish and confederate Ontario.

“Much of Ontario’s road web was primitively designed to safely accommodate velocity limits of 110 km/h and information from our changes successful 2022 show they do conscionable that,” Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria said successful a statement connected April 24.

“These evidence-based increases are a common-sense alteration to make life much convenient for Ontario drivers while bringing our road velocity limits successful statement pinch different Canadian provinces.”

The increases impact 13 kilometres connected nan 406 from Thorold to Welland successful Niagara Region to arsenic overmuch arsenic a 107-kilometre agelong of Highway 401 to nan separator betwixt Quebec and Ontario.

The roadways that will person caller velocity limits Friday include:

• Highway 401, Tilbury, extending nan existing 110 km/h area farther eastbound by 7 kilometres
• Highway 401 from Highway 35/115 to Cobourg (around 35 km affected)
• Highway 401 from Colborne to Belleville (around 44 km affected)
• Highway 401 from Belleville to Kingston (around 66 km affected)
• Highway 401 from Highway 16 to nan Quebec bound (around 107 km affected)
• Highway 403 from Woodstock to Brantford (around 26 km affected)
• Highway 403 from Brantford to Hamilton (around 14.5 km affected)
• Highway 406 from Thorold to Welland (around 13 km affected)
• Highway 416 from Hwy 401 to Ottawa (around 70 km affected)
• Highway 69 from Sudbury to French River (around 60 km affected)

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The velocity changes travel aft consultations and a aviator programme launched successful 2019 explored opportunities to safely summation velocity limits connected prime Ontario highways.

It follows increases connected six sections of provincially controlled highways successful confederate Ontario and 2 sections successful bluish Ontario connected a two-year trial.