Planned highway infrastructure projects, will make travel easier and safer by improving driving conditions in Northeastern Ontario.
Ontario will spend more than $69 million through the province's Northern Highways Program, to improve bridges, culverts and roads:
- New and expanded passing lanes on Highway 17 between Verner and Sturgeon Falls, and work on the Big Cache Creek culvert
- Rehabilitation of the French River Bridge on Highway 69, which will become a service road for residents and tourists once the future four-lane highway opens
- Resurfacing of Highway 144 between Cartier and Onaping, and new culverts and resurfacing of sections between Chelmsford and Onaping as part of the multi-year rehabilitation of Highway 144 between Timmins and Greater Sudbury
- Resurfacing 20.4 kilometres of Highway 11 west of the Highway 631 junction in Algoma
- Resurfacing 23.4 kilometres of Highway 108 south of Elliot Lake and replacing culverts, improving drainage and guide rails
- Realigning of 3.2 kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway 66 at Virginiatown
Since 2003, the province has improved 4,366 kilometres of highway and 284 bridges, and constructed 295 kilometres of new highway along with 124 new bridges throughout Northern Ontario.
Ontario uses new technology and greener construction practices whenever possible. These projects use precast concrete bridge components to accelerate construction and reduce traffic delays.
