Highways like Highway 413,…

Highways like Highway 413, the Bradford Bypass and the Garden City Skyway won't be addressing gridlock. There is no immediate need for them and so fast tracking does not make sense.

Regarding Hwy 413: 400 acres of the Greenbelt and 2000 acres of farmland would be paved over to make way for Highway 413. First of all, the Greenbelt is supposed to be protected - the Ford government already agreed not to touch the Greenbelt. And for farms, already too many farms have been removed surrounding Mississauga. We need this to stop. Ontario doesn't grow enough food to feed itself, but it could and should. With the Canadian dollar weakening, and food insecurity made clear when CoVID hit, we need more farms, not less.

These highways come at a huge cost which is not well substantiated. They would allow housing to be built way out in the middle of nowhere, in other words sprawl. That does not help traffic, that puts more cars on the roads. If you want to reduce congestion, highway 407 is sitting there already built and ready to be used. The money allotted for 413 could be used to subsidize 407. I am not opposed to tolls, but the pricing is extremely high and needs to be reduced to about 20% of what it is. Perhaps even make it free for large trucks shipping goods. You could reduce congestion with immediate results by doing so.