I have a few comments on your descriptions
427: One thing I don't like about the 427 expansion is that it swerves back into Barrie. I'd rather it continue a North/Northwest route towards the Collingwood/Wasaga beach region. There's enough congestion already on the 400 through Barrie that adding a major highway interchange would simply exasperate the situation. Barrie could be looking at the need for a municipal expressway to draw some of the local traffic off of the 400.
I don't know much about this area, but the section of the 400 between 427 and 11 could be widened to accommodate this extra traffic.
410: should continue NW along the 10 corridor to the Owen sound region as a super two, with provisions to convert to full controlled expressway along the length.
Long term plans call for an eventual extension to Parry Sound as a 400-series highway. I doubt it will be a super-two.
I see Barrie soon becoming a logistics/distribution hub and a gateway to Northern Ontario, as well as continuing to be the centre of the Georgian region recreational area. That said I think, on top of or combined with the 400 bypass mentioned above, that a new N-S highway that bypasess the GTA region would be in order. It would thread through the Georgian Bay-Lake Simcoe area potentially continuing East towards Ottawa as a super two. It would head South-West towards the Georgetown-Guelph-Kitchener-Waterloo region and possibly connecting to the proposed Niagara escarpment highway
The right of way in Barrie is quite tight, so a bypass may be the only option. Problem is I see way too much opposition and thus very much doubt it will be built.
404: Continues North to Lake Simcoe, East around it and connecting to the proposed Georgian bay highway above.
That's the plan. Another east-west freeway is planned to run between Lake Simcoe and Lake Ontario as well. Hopefully this will happen before the entire area is developed.
Correct the 401-409-427-410 mess that exists now to relieve the bottleneck that exists now.
Everyone wants the 401-427-27-Eglinton interchange fixed. Problem is major reconstruction is needed and not only is that very expensive, it will disrupt traffic flow for a long time on an already bottlenecked interchange.
My proposition is to extend the 401's collectors by either building a pair of giant overpasses or tunnel it below. The overpasses will be a giant eyesore to local residents and with all the support coulombs for the existing structures, tunnels may not be possible. Something needs to be done, but the logistics of the project is what has stalled it.
the 401-403-410 interchange will be completed in the coming years as the 401's collectors are extended west. Weather or not the finished interchange will be fully connected remains to be seen. Loop ramps could be used to connect the missing connections... its too expensive to build new flyovers and there seems to be enough room left behind for this.
Connect the ends of the 403 if possible
Do you mean between the 403-QEW-407 interchange in Burlington and the 403/407 interchange in west Mississauga? The 407 used this right of way, which was actually planned as the 403's connection/expansion. Finding a new route would be almost impossible.
Bury the Gardiner Big Dig style and rebuild Lakeshore as a grand boulevard.
If there was an endless supply of money, that is what would happen. The Big Dig in Boston ran into a ton of problems, which was the reason why the price tag was so high. If we learn from their mistakes, I'm sure we can do it much cheaper.
But other cities will get mad that the governments are pouring money into Toronto for this project. I live in London, and people here are already angry at how much road/transit money Toronto receives (per capita) compared to London. Sadly people don't see the point that these two cites are very different in terms of size and density.
Convert Black Creek Drive to full expressway to south of Eglinton and intergrate into the 400
If this hasn't happened in the past, it probably won't happen now. Still, it wouldn't be as massive a project compared to others.
Redesignate the sections of the 407/403 so that the they are more logical, i.e. if I'm on the Westbound 403 it should not suddenly become the 407 while the 403 heads south on an off ramp no less.
Like I said, the 407 uses the 403's right of way in the Hamilton region. That's why you have confusing left exits because the mainline 403 was supposed to continue and use this route. Reconstructing this wouldn't be cost effective because you're doing it for 407 ETR, a private company. The 407 ETR won't contribute to it because they like it the way it is now.
Continue the 403 East along Eastgate parkway, under the airport and connect with the 409. Maybe rename it 403 with secondary designation as Pearson Freeway.
Under the airport? I don't ever see this happening, sorry. Although its a interesting idea!
The only 403 extension that could be made is from the 401 to 402, north of London, and I doubt even that will happen. It's not on the map on the last page because there is nothing official stated in the governments plans for this yet.
