Highway 7 - Kitchener to Guelph

[ijmorlan]

I think we will see some green investment as a product of this highway being built.

We would get more green investment if we simply spent the money on transit and active transportation.

Even for road improvement, a lot can be done for much less money: improve the Conestoga Parkway/Wellington interchange, including the new access roads that are planned. Then improve Shirley Dr. east of Bingeman Centre Dr. and re-work its intersections at either end, so the main flow of traffic is Bingeman’s Centre — Shirley — Victoria. Expand Victoria/Highway 7 to 4 lanes (with turn lanes, of course; and no median crossing except at designated locations) from the existing Grand River bridge to Guelph.

This would give about 80% of the benefit of the expressway for the cost of a road widening/rebuild, including removing through traffic from Victoria south of the tracks.

But no, just like the Scarborough subway, only an expressway is good enough.