Highway 401 Widening - Highway 8 to Townline Road

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This is why I’m optimistic the new configuration will solve all of these problems, which those on-ramps continuing on as lanes 4 and 5.

The reverse will happen at the top of the hill; those two new lanes will simply become the off-ramp for 8. It couldn’t be any better.

What about after the Hespeler to Towline widening is complete?  That's supposed to include 10 lanes all the way from highway 8 to townline.  We're going to be in the same situation again.  Merging from Townline onto 401 WB should be smooth, but not sure about Franklin or Hespeler.

Another thing to consider is the HOV lane.  2 of those 10 lanes (1 on each side) is supposed to be an HOV lane.  The usual MTO practice has been to design HOV lanes such that the HOV lane starts as a new lane on the left side of the carriageway.  In that scenario, they'd have to merge 3 401 EB lanes and 2 highway 8 lanes into 4 lanes combined, instead of 5.  I haven't seen the design for the merge if that's how they're planning on doing it though.