•  Delays caused by gridlock and congestion in the Greater Toronto Area cost the economy about $2 billion per year in lost time and lost productivity. According to the Toronto Board of Trade, the cost of congestion in the Greater Toronto Area, if left unchecked, will exceed $3 billion per year by 2021.

•  If current development patterns continue and rates of investment in public transit do not increase, commute times may increase by as much as 45 per cent in southern Ontario; emissions from vehicles may increase by 42 per cent.

•  Timely investment is needed to prevent large cost escalations in future rehabilitation work and to maintain highways in good condition.

•  Every day, $900 million in goods cross the Ontario-U.S. border. Almost 48 per cent of Ontario's gross domestic product is derived from exports, and about 92 per cent of our exports go to the United States - usually by truck. Three-quarters of the value of all Canadian goods exported to the United States cross the border in Ontario.

• The Windsor-Detroit Gateway is - by far - the busiest and most important border crossing in Canada. More than 20 million cars, trucks and buses - and about $140 billion worth of goods - pass through the Gateway every year. About 33 per cent of Canada's total exports to the United States move through Windsor-Detroit. A four-hour delay at the Ambassador Bridge at the Windsor border costs Ontario's economy $7 million in lost production.

• The Ontario Chamber of Commerce estimates that border delays cost the provincial economy more than $5 billion per year.