Ontario raising speed limits of hundreds of highways to 110km/h

The Ontario government is raising the speed limit for an additional 938 provincial highways from 100 km/hour to 110 km/hour.

The province will begin increasing the speed limit on Friday to sections of the 401 Highway and the 416 highway in eastern Ontario, as well as parts of the Queen Elizabeth Highway, and Highways 400, 401, 402, 403, 416 and the 417.

The change follows after the speed limits of 10 sections of Ontario highways increased in 2024, and six sections of provincial highways in 2022.

“Under the leadership of Premier Ford, our government is helping get drivers where they’re going faster and safely,” said Ontario Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria in a statement. “We’re going to keep supporting commuters, workers and businesses by investing in our $31 billion plan to build and expand roads and highways, so we can get people and goods moving across Ontario and keep workers on the job.”

Once the change goes into effect, nearly 89 per cent of Ontario’s highway network will have a posted speed limit of 110 km/hour.

Newly constructed freeways will be designed to have a 110 km/hour speed limit, including Highways 413, 425 — the Bradford Bypass, 7 — Kitchener to Guelph, and the 69.

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