GREAT CANADIAN PROJECTS
LAYING THE
FOUNDATION
Powell Foundations’ work on the
Highway 427 expansion in Ontario
In May 2018, the province of Ontario broke ground on the
expansion of Highway 427 through York Region as a way
to help improve traffic flow, create jobs and support economic
growth in one of Canada’s most populous regions.
This $616 million investment includes a new 6.6-kilometre
extension from Highway 7 up to Major Mackenzie Drive,
with eight lanes from Highway 7 to Rutherford Road and
six lanes from Rutherford Road to Major Mackenzie
Drive. In addition, there are three new interchanges
at Langstaff Road, Rutherford Road and Major
Mackenzie Drive.
There is also a four-kilometre road widening
component to the mega-project that
extends from Finch Avenue in the north
end of Toronto all the way to Highway
7; from six to eight lanes between
Finch Avenue to south of Steeles
Avenue and from four to
eight lanes south of Steeles
Avenue to Highway 7.
By Paul Adair
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