Construction on Highway 413 is ready to start “in the next few days”, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Wednesday, although he could not respond when asked when asked how much it would eventually spend or when it would be completed.
When pressed about those Pesky details on Wednesday, Ford stepped aside and allowed the transparency minister Prabmeet Sarkar to take podiums.
Sarkaria said, “The cost of construction is very high, some more.”
Ford and their teams were to announce the award for the first two construction contracts for a 52 -km highway in Calladon on Wednesday, which would add Highway 400 to Won at Won with Highway 401 in Mississaisaga.
The firmer floor was provided with a contract for a embankment at Highway 401 and Highway 407 Interchange, the other was going with another to resume highway 10 in Calledon.
The Ford government has said that once the highway 413 is completed, it will save the drivers for 30 minutes on its traffic and support more than 6,000 jobs per year, contributing more than $ 1 billion to Ontario’s annual GDP.
“Highway is at the center of our plan to get drivers out of the gridlock in 413 GTA and Ontario, and we are completing it,” Ford said.
“In front of American tariffs and economic uncertainty, we are rapidly rewarding important construction contracts so that we can get shovels in the ground on major infrastructure projects, keep moving the economy of Ontario and hire thousands of workers across the province.”
Many protesters were in hand during the announcement. Some environmentalists have criticized the project that it will carve through Prime Farmland and put some endangered species at risk.
With files from Canadian press
