Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

[The85]

I am a new member and hope to find answers to a number of questions. We live just off Victoria and Lackner so will be affected by the construction. Very curious as to what is going to happen, when and exactly what is going to be built. Unless I have missed things in my reading, there are lot of questions unanswered or not published by the Ministry. So here they are:

Construction Phases:
... Work underway - connection of Wellington to Bingemans Centre Drive - when to be opened?
... Extension of Bruce through to the rebuilt interchange at Wellington - is there a published timeline for completion?
... Is the closing and rebuild of Victoria Street bridge over #85 going to happen and if so when?
... What is the contract situation and is there a published timeline for the new 18 km roadway and interchanges between #85 & Wellington in the west to the north end of the Hanlon in Guelph?

Welcome to the forum Brad. The MTO's Southern Highways Program (2016-2020) provides some specific timelines for aspects of the project:
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/highway...pdf#page=5

Specifically:

• New Victoria Street Bridge: utility relocations in 2017, new bridge in 2018
  
• Shirley Ave realignment: 2017
  
• New Highway itself: "beyond 2020"