QEW EB&WB preconstruction configuration holds 4 through lanes in each direction between Dixie and hwy427. Once the IC is complete, the "final configuration" will extend the WB four-lane section towards Cawthra. The reconfiguration will also make the Cawthra EB on-ramp, a must exit lane at the...

Correct. The widening at the QEW at Dixie is meant as a provision to accommodate the future HOV lanes on both bounds (3 GPL + 1 HOV) from Trafalgar to Etobicoke Creek. But that wont in place until similar widening is completed at the all interchanges in between. Cawthra will be next.

This plan was shared during one of the public presentations the project help during design, and gives a good understanding on the final interchange configuration. Looks like a Parclo A2 configuration on the north and somewhat of a Parclo A4 on the south ramp terminal. These were likely...