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Ontario plans to raise speed limit on 400-series highways, premier says (ottawacitizen.com)

submitted 1 month ago by BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is planning to increase speed limits on 400-series highways across the province.

The government increased speed limits from 100 km/h to 110 km/h on six sections of provincial highways in 2022 after several successful pilot programs that first began in 2019.

Earlier this year, the province raised the speed limit on 10 more sections of highways across the province, including a 70-kilometre stretch of Highway 416 from Highway 401 to Ottawa.

Ford said Wednesday that he had directed Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria to raise the speed limit to 110 km/h on all 400-series highways “where it is safe to do so.”

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[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Will be curious to see if this does anything other than increase the number of accidents and creating more slowdowns...

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

Higher speed limits -> private health care -> tax revenue.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Oh see no that won't happen see because Ford says safety is his number one concern, and then right after that is reducing gridlock. So I'm sure he's got both of your concerns covered already!