• The government is undertaking a $454 million, multi-year rehabilitation and improvement program for Highway 401. Investments in highway infrastructure rehabilitation will ensure that Ontario's transportation infrastructure is kept safe, in a good state of repair and competitive with the Great Lakes states.
• In southern Ontario, 22 new highway expansion projects will focus on areas with high traffic volumes and significant safety issues, including improvements to Highway 401 and the QEW in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, and on other strategic trade corridors such as Highway 401 in Windsor and Highway 417 in Ottawa.
• The government will proceed with engineering, planning and property acquisition for new routes, including extensions of existing 400-series highways as well as the development of new highways. Planning is underway for new corridors including the Niagara-GTA corridor, the completion of Highway 407 east and extensions of Highways 404 and 427.
• Highway expansions in northern Ontario will enhance connections between communities, address serious safety concerns and improve access to natural resources and markets. The government will move forward with expansion projects on Highways 11 and 69 to complete the four-laning of these highways to North Bay and Sudbury in seven and 12 years respectively - work that is crucial to improve highway safety and to support the economic success of the North.