Designation to accelerate Bradford bypass construction

Posted October 17, 2024

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The provincial government announced this morning its intention to introduce legislation that will designate priority highway projects -  Highway 413, the Bradford Bypass and the Garden City Skyway bridge -  to speed up their construction.

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The Building Highways Faster Act would streamline utility relocations, accelerate access to property and property acquisitions and introduce new penalties for obstructing access for field investigations or damaging equipment. The legislation would also allow regulation making authority to facilitate around-the-clock, 24/7 construction on priority highway projects.

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The government is also proposing legislation that would create an accelerated environmental assessment process for Highway 413, allowing the province to proceed with early works.