04-18-2018, 03:56 PM
The new WB 401 - WB Hwy 8 ramp looks about ready to be paved too. This is the one thats running on the right side of the columns for the Fountain St bridge
(09-01-2014, 06:10 PM)Shawn Wrote: [ -> ]Jan 10, 2014Well here we are and it is April 2018 and I have no understanding or visualization of when the Hespeler - Highway 8 section will be completed even as I drive through from either end.
Waterloo Region Record
By Jeff Hicks
LINK to article
WATERLOO REGION — Six lanes will become 10.
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"This will be the new look of the widened Highway 401 between Hespeler Road and Highway 8 in about two years. The Ministry of Transportation's target completion date for all that work, which is still in the bidding process, is 2016."
(04-20-2018, 12:37 AM)MacBerry Wrote: [ -> ](09-01-2014, 06:10 PM)Shawn Wrote: [ -> ]Jan 10, 2014Well here we are and it is April 2018 and I have no understanding or visualization of when the Hespeler - Highway 8 section will be completed even as I drive through from either end.
Waterloo Region Record
By Jeff Hicks
LINK to article
WATERLOO REGION — Six lanes will become 10.
>
"This will be the new look of the widened Highway 401 between Hespeler Road and Highway 8 in about two years. The Ministry of Transportation's target completion date for all that work, which is still in the bidding process, is 2016."
November 2018?
November 2019?
Does anyone have a confirmed completion date?
The Ontario government seems to have "mission creep" on most projects outside the GTA ... November 2020?
(04-20-2018, 06:07 AM)Canard Wrote: [ -> ]Where is the public meltdown about this?
Oh yeah, it’s a road. Nobody cares when highways are months (years!) late, just LRT.
(I hate it and drive it every day, too.)
Quote:It wasn’t until February 2017 that the first vehicle showed up. On that day, officials said that the second vehicle would arrive in June, with a new vehicle following every two weeks or so after that.
(04-24-2018, 05:50 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: [ -> ]I’m a bit confused. You’re saying it’s dangerous for trucks to pass in the passing lane? I feel like I may be missing some specifics of the situation.