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Construction for Ontario’s Highway 413 will start in next year, Premier Doug Ford says.
Premier Doug Ford made announcement Tuesday morning
Ford will be joined by the minister of labour and associate minister of transportation to take questions from media.
Construction for Ontario’s Highway 413 will start in next year, Premier Doug Ford says.
Ford made the announcement about the highway that would link Halton, Peel and York Regions in Caledon, Ont., Tuesday morning.
You can watch the news conference live in the player above.
The province said earlier this month that it hopes to begin construction on the new highway within a year, after reaching an agreement with the federal government preventing a potential court battle.
The deal allows the project to proceed without a full federal environmental impact assessment. News of the agreement was condemned by environmental groups and some of the opposition parties at Queen’s Park, who oppose the highway.