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Ontario says it is providing up to $73 million to Toronto to ensure construction crews rehabilitating the aging Gardiner Expressway can work 24/7, moving up the expected completion time for the project by one year.
$73M from province will help move up completion date by 1 year, officials say
Ontario says it is providing up to $73 million to Toronto to ensure construction crews rehabilitating the aging Gardiner Expressway can work 24/7, moving up the expected completion time for the project by one year.
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria held a news conference Wednesday morning to announce the revised plan.
Work started in March to refurbish the 60-year-old highway and portions of its elevated structure that run through Toronto’s downtown core, as well as adding a new traffic system between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue.
The $300-million construction project is part of a larger multi-billion dollar effort to save the roadway. It was previously expected the work would require lane closures until 2027.
Toronto city staff said earlier this year about 200,000 vehicles move through this part of the expressway each day. The ongoing construction has cut about a third of the highway’s total capacity.
More to come.
With files from Shawn Jeffords