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Hello Summer...Hello Construction!

5/19/2011

ctvtoronto.ca

Date: Thursday May. 19, 2011 1:16 PM ET

It happens the same time every year; as the weather trends toward the positive, drivers start feeling negative about traffic-clogging construction on Ontario highways.

Construction crews are about to dig into dozens of projects across the province, meaning there could be long, frustrating summer commutes to cottage country or downtown offices.

On Thursday, the province announced $2.5 billion in funding for improvements to the province's highways, roads and bridges.

"I know that for most people there's a kind of dread that comes over them when we think about highway construction," Ontario Transportation Minister Kathleen Wynne told reporters. "But construction is critical because it keeps our highways, our bridges and our roads safe."

More than 200 projects will get under way across the province's 3,000 bridges and 16,000 kilometres of highways. According to Wynne, this year's construction season will creates more than 17,000 jobs across the province.

Key projects include:

  • Improvements to Highway 427 between the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 401
  • Repairs to the Burlington Bay Skyway Bridge's Toronto-bound lanes
  • Major bridge repairs in Chatham-Kent, Elgin County and Brantford
  • Resurfacing for several corridors around Toronto, including highways 404, 400 and 7.

Wynne said construction crews will do their best to minimize the impact on traffic by doing much of the work at night and during off-peak hours. She added that it's better to get the work done than let Ontario's aging infrastructure ride into the sunset.

"We have to acknowledge much of the infrastructure in Ontario, particularly highways and bridges, is baby boom infrastructure," she said. "It happened at a time when there was a lot of growth in the province and we need to keep up with the repairs because, like the baby boom, it is aging."

The City of Toronto will get the season started this weekend when the Gardiner Expressway is closed from Saturday to Monday morning at 8 a.m. between Carlaw Avenue to the Humber River, for a spring cleaning.

With a report from CTV Toronto's Janice Golding


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