Local media were provided a bird's eye view of the expansion of Highway 69 south today, Oct. 2, by Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci.
The expansion of the highway began in 2005 and is expected to complete in 2017, and will provide the northern community with a safer, more modern highway.
The Highway 69 action plan is on track to complete in 2017, and has awarded 11 major contracts, two which were funded through the federal-provincial sponsorship project known as the Strategic Infrastructure Partnership Program.
Completed projects include:
- four-laning a 26km stretch between MacTier and Highway 141
- construction of two truck inspection stations near Seguin
- 51km of paved shoulders in various locations of Highway 69
- five new changeable message signs
- passing lanes north of Highways 526 and 522
- construction of an interchange at Muskoka road 32/38
- four-laning a 8km stretch to complete four-laning from Parry Sound to Barrie
- construction of the Silver Sands Road and Baxter Township Transfer Site Road to eliminate direct highway access
"I am happy to say we are nearing the completion of 20 kilometres of new four-lane highway near Sudbury," said Bartolucci in a press release. "The sheer magnitude and impact of this project is astounding."
Since 2005, over $1.3 billion has been invested into repairing, maintaining and upgrading northern roads through the Northern Highways Program.
