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Plan for new 400-series highway draws growing pressure from across the GTA to hit the brakes
Mississauga is the latest council to come out against the province s re-booted plan to build Highway 413, a long-discussed highway that would wrap around the northwest GTA.
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You can add Mississauga to the list of municipalities to vote against plans for a new 400 series highway. Highway 413, also known as the GTA west corridor, would run through Vaughan, Caledon, Brampton and Halton Hills. Mississauga City Council has unanimously passed a motion opposing the project and mayor Bonnie Crombie says the highway […]
Premier Doug Ford, shown in a 2018 file photo. Ontario s opposition parties have pledged to undo the Ford government s changes to conservation authorities if one of them wins the next election. File photo by Alex Tétreault
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February 18, 2021 · 0 Comments
By ALYSSA PARKHILL
Initiative Reporter
Caledon resident and environmentalist Jennifer LeForsetier spoke out to Council on Tuesday night about the implications the proposed Highway 413 will have on the community.
Leforestier has been involved with the proposed GTA West Corridor highway since 2014, along with several other community members.
The new 400-series highway is being planned to travel from Milton through Brampton and Caledon until it reaches Vaughan. Talks and plans of the new highway have been around since 2006 until all was halted in 2015 for further review, which later got cancelled by the Liberal government in 2018.
It has since been brought back to life by the current Progressive Conservative government where a preferred route was approved by Queen’s Park this past August. This route will reach communities in not only Caledon, but Georgetown, King Township, Bramp