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Speed limits increase on some provincial highways
July 18, 2024 · 0 Comments
By Brian Lockhart
If you have ever been cruising along a major highway and found yourself comfortable and going with traffic at 10km over the posted limit, you will be happy to know the speed limit is going up by that many kilometres on some provincial highways.
Certain sections of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) saw the limit rise from 100 km/h to 110 km/h several years ago, and it has worked out well.
“Most of Ontario’s highways were originally designed to safely accommodate speed limits of 110 km/h and date from our changes in 2022 shows they do just that,” said Ontario’s Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria in a media release. “These evidence-based increases are a common-sense change to make life more convenient for Ontario drivers while bringing our highway speed limits in line with other Canadian provinces.”
All highways chosen for higher limits were selected based on their ability to safely accommodate higher speeds.
Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan have a maximum speed limit of 110 km/h. In British Columbia, the maximum speed limit is 120 km/h.
The new limits took effect on July 12.
Here’s the list of areas that now have a higher speed limit:
- Highway 401 in Tilbury is extending the existing 110 km/h zone farther east by seven kilometres.
- Highway 401 from Highway 34/115 to Cobourg – about 34km.
- Highway 401 from Colborne to Belleville – about 44km.
- Highway 401 from Belleville to Kingston – about 66km.
- Highway 401 from Highway 16 to the Quebec border – about 107km
- Highway 403 from Woodstock to Brantford – about 26km
- Highway 403 from Brantford to Hamilton – about 14.5km
- Highway 406 from Thorold to Welland – about 13km.
- Highway 416 from Highway 401 to Ottawa – about 70km.
- Highway 9 from Sudbury to French River – about 60km.
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