I dont understand how this…

I dont understand how this is has been proposed as a solution when its never worked in the past. How i know this is because we are here right in 2024 and this is a supposed answer to the gridlock in mississauga. Roads were being built since the inception of this city and as the population grows over time so will the amount of cars on the road. The solution being more roads is frankly insanity, and it's the reason we are having this dilemma in the first place. This will only continue to grow and become more of an issue because we don't have alternate mode of transit.

Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Taipei. What is the commonality with all these cities? They are home to millions of people, are economic boons to the country and they all have various modes of transit, which makes the city busy and people are able to traverse from one end to the other with ease because cars are NOT the only option. Mississauga is decades behind Toronto for this very reason, as the population grows more and more congestion and quality of life will get worse because everyone needs a car to travel intercity nevermind intracity. AS the saying goes "there's nothing more permanent than a temporary fix". The paving of more roads being the bandaid solution in place of more intuative modes of transit are what keeps mississauga and the GTA in the past.

In short, I don't support this is any capacity. And since you clearly have time and funding, you should use it to come with NEW solutions instead of the same old tricks that have been run into the ground time and time again. Do something different. Bike lanes on main roads that people use to go to places they want to go without having to use a car and get stuck in traffic? If you want to address congestion, instead of doing things that make you feel better, how about trying solutions that actually work. Again we have plenty of cities on this blue planet that we can draw inspiration from.

This rat race your running isn't sustainable. The urban sprawl Mississauga is designed after is financially unsustainable. Longer roads just mean more upkeep, more roads just mean even more upkeep, and the the taxpayer is supposed to cover this? The city has to grow to cover the cost but more growth means more cost to cover, it's a dog chasing its own tail. You speak of building another highway, for what? To make up for the absolute blunder that was leasing the 407 for 99 years? This is a huge waste of time and tax payer money to fund a man's delusions of supposed solutions.