Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

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There may be a redesign coming to the Guelph portion of this project. 

The MTO currently has a contract in procurement that contains the following:

• GWP 3038-25-00 Highway 6 Marden Bypass Planning Study
  
• GWP 3039-25-00 Preliminary Design and Environmental Assessment for New Highway 7 from 500m west of Elmira Road to 700m south of Woodlawn Road. 
  
• GWP 3037-25-00 Preliminary Design and Environmental Assessment for Highway 6 (Hanlon Expressway) upgrade to a freeway from 250m south of Wellington Street to 700m south of Woodlawn Road. 
  
• GWP 3003-20-00 Detailed Design for Woodlawn Road Interchange
  

The Marden Bypass study only makes sense if they are planning for 6 to come into Guelph at the Hanlon, if they do that however they would need a new freeway-freeway interchange between New 7 and an extended Hanlon which would require a new EA and Preliminary Design. Which matches the contract, similarly upgrading the northern portion of the Hanlon would allow it to behave as a freeway for its entirety, south of Wellington St is planned to be upgraded to freeway standards (removal of lights at College, Stone and Downey, along with a new interchange).

The Woodlawn bridge was also supposed to go ahead to detailed design earlier (similar timing as Frederick) but waiting until this contract would allow for proper coordination between those preliminary designs and the detailed design of Woodlawn.