Recent content by Haljackey

Well at least a few stretches are 110 now.

You'd be surprised how much politics can accelerate (or defer) projects. There a lot more ridings in the GTA suburbs/exurbs than in Waterloo Region. In 2022, Kitchener Centre and Waterloo went NDP, Guelph went Green. If the PCs thought they had a shot at flipping these ridings, they would have...

As limits increase, the amount over you speed both numerically and percentage wise drops. People do 30 over in 100km/h sections because 100 just feels too damm slow. If you raised that to say 120, far far fewer drivers are going to do 30 over because 120 feels more like the right speed. Fuel...

Bear in mind today's vehicles are much more fuel efficient and safer than they were in the 70s when the limit was 70 MPH. Also many vehicles are hybrid, electric, or use alternate fuel sources too. Here's a map to show that while the increase to 110 on a few sections is good, we're still...

Construction to start next year https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1004508/ontario-building-highway-413

Ya Ontario is far too conservative with the highway speed limits. While 110 is an improvement, similar quality roads in Europe are signed at 130 or 140. The 'Stop 100' movement aimed for 120 which I think is a fair compromise. The original 110 sections were a trial only, and I'd love to see...

At the most you may see a full auxiliary lane between Tremaine Road and Martin Street, but that's about it until further widening progresses towards Highway 8.

The current structure is a tight 6 lane span with no shoulders and certainly not up to 400 series standards. If they need to do a significant rehab to it, that would cause a ton of long duration headaches both for traffic flow and construction logistics. So to mitigate this they're going to...

Would the Gardiner flow ok if the lane reduction was permanent? Having 2 lanes instead of 3 would give you a shoulder where break downs/crashes and whatnot can be moved which is a major cause of the jamming. On/off ramps could also be made longer and there would be less overall weight/stress on...

Interesting! They must have just started up. I drove over the Glanworth overpass after the Eclipse to try and get around some insane traffic south of London- did not see any construction work at all. These country roads were probably the busiest they've ever been. That included a drive on the...

All of London's ridings went NDP the last two provincial elections. We have never had anyone from the Douggie Ford's government represent us, and I can't currently see that changing for 2026.

Any LRT in London is as good as dead. The final proposed rapid transit plan was downgraded to BRT for all routes, and only half of that got approved. Once the system as approved gets built the city may assess it's performance and propose expansions, including the two cancelled lines. However...

Great info, thanks for sharing! Ya the western freeway was a thing, not sure if it still is as there hasn't been any news on it for at least a decade. The VMP upgrade at the 401 even in these plans replaced the free-flowing 401 EB to VMP NB connection with a stoplight. That's a downgrade in my...

City approves transit village... without rapid transit. The cancelled east leg BRT would have been close by. https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/traffic-transit-worries-surface-as-25-storey-wonderland-road-tower-debated A similar situation is unfolding at Masonville mall, which was the...