The Government of Ontario…

The Government of Ontario needs to recognise that highways are not the solution. Gridlock is the result of a lack of alternatives to driving. The more people don't drive, the less traffic our roads will face. Highway 413 is currently estimated to cost $4 billion, and that's a minimum, which money that would be far better spent on public transportation projects. And all of this would be exacerbated by the urban sprawl that this highway would encourage, engendering a vicious cycle of car dependency which begets more highways, more expansion, more gridlock etc.

This is not even mentioning the farmland that would get bulldozed over as a result of construction. Ontario farmland is some of the most productive in Canada, and we can expect to see large increases in the price of produce if this highly arable land were to stop growing food.

It's not to late to turn back. We can end our car dependency, and reduce traffic simply by investing the the transit systems we already have.