Governments of Canada and Ontario fund Queen Elizabeth Way-Dixie Road interchange improvements, increasing driver safety and shortening commute times

MISSISSAUGA, ON, March 15, 2018 /CNW/ - Modern and efficient roadways are crucial to encouraging and supporting economic activity, facilitating trade, and creating well-paying, middle class jobs. The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing in well-planned infrastructure that will improve connections across road networks and decrease commute times, while ensuring the continuous and safe flow of people and goods.

Sven Spengemann, Member of Parliament for Mississauga?Lakeshore, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and Charles Sousa, Member of Provincial Parliament for Mississauga South, on behalf of the Honourable Kathryn McGarry, Ontario Minister of Transportation, today announced joint funding for the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW)?Dixie Road interchange project.

The Government of Canada is contributing up to $32.5 million to this project through the Provincial and Territorial Infrastructure Component?National and Regional Projects of the New Building Canada Fund. The Government of Ontario will pay the remaining costs.

The project will increase commuter safety by reconfiguring the QEW?Dixie Road interchange, including the replacement of the Dixie Road Bridge, the Ogden Road Bridge and the Etobicoke Creek bridges, as well as ramp and pavement rehabilitation from east of Cawthra Road to the QEW/Gardiner Expressway boundary. This work will not only mean safer and more efficient travel for commuters, allowing them to travel home safely to their families at the end of the day, it will also contribute to economic prosperity in Ontario as the QEW is a primary North American trade and tourism route.

Quotes

"The Queen Elizabeth Way?Dixie Road interchange rehabilitation project will support the growing community's transportation needs, reducing travel times and allowing commuters to spend more time with their families. It's thanks to projects like these that we will build 21st-century communities and ensure a high quality of life for generations to come."

Sven Spengemann, Member of Parliament for Mississauga?Lakeshore, on behalf of the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities

"The reconfiguration of the QEW/Dixie Road interchange will provide safer and more convenient access to our roadways. These improvements are in keeping with the Ontario Government's commitment to ease travel for commuters in one of the busiest traffic corridors in the province."

Charles Sousa, Member of Provincial Parliament for Mississauga South, on behalf of the Honourable Kathryn McGarry, Ontario Minister of Transportation

Quick facts

• The Government of Canada will invest more than $180 billion over 12 years in public transit projects, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, trade and transportation routes, and Canada's rural and northern communities.
• More than $10.1 billion of this funding will support trade and transportation projects, including $5 billion that will be available for investment through the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
• Ontario is investing more than $2.5 billion to repair and expand highways and bridges across the province in 2017/18, creating or sustaining approximately 17,500 jobs.

Associated links

Government of Canada's $180-billion+ Investing in Canada plan: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/about-invest-apropos-eng.html

Investing in Canada plan project map: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/gmap-gcarte/index-eng.html

Federal infrastructure investments in Ontario: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/map-carte/on-eng.html

Smart Cities Challenge: http://www.infrastructure.gc.ca/plan/cities-villes-eng.html

Building Ontario - Infrastructure Plan: https://www.ontario.ca/page/building-ontario

Twitter: @INFC_eng 
Web: Infrastructure Canada

SOURCE Infrastructure Canada