kamira51
Active Member
I noticed the 427/413 interchange is still large.
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innsertnamehere
Superstar
The province has updated the Highways program to 2025 - and with it, has an update on early works for the 413.
In addition to the performative grading contract in the 401/407 interchange to start this year, two new interchanges on the highway seem to be set to begin next year:
This work seems to be similar to the Yonge St overpass built for the Bradford Bypass over the last few years.
In addition to the performative grading contract in the 401/407 interchange to start this year, two new interchanges on the highway seem to be set to begin next year:
This work seems to be similar to the Yonge St overpass built for the Bradford Bypass over the last few years.
Transportfan
Senior Member
It also seems excessive to even have such a connection: How many vehicles will backtrack from the WB 413 back east along the 401?
nfitz
Superstar
413 is perpenidicular to Boivard and Mayfield by then. Isn't people travelling down that but of 413 through Brampton to 401 (both west and especially east) exactly what we expect?
innsertnamehere
Superstar
exactly - the 413 will replace Mississauga Road in the function of taking traffic from western Brampton down to the 401. Remember that the 413's biggest benefit for traffic was relieving arterial road traffic in Brampton and Vaughan - it will redirect a lot of cars not from other 400-series highways (well, it will, but relatively small numbers) but rather from local roads allowing those roads to be much more human scaled and not being 10-lane mega roads.
trafficexplorerON
New Member
Are there actually any plans by Brampton to do that, though? Is Brampton actually going to take advantage of this oppertunity to reduce the size of Mississauga Road and other nearby arterials? Because they already want to make Mayfield six lanes between Hurontario and Chinguacousy, and that doesn't exactly fill me with hope. https://www.insauga.com/16m-expansion-will-triple-number-of-lanes-on-a-busy-brampton-road/
innsertnamehere
Superstar
I guess the better way of framing it is that it lets Brampton keep Mississauga Road at 6 lanes instead of 10.. Peel is looking at things like interchanges at major intersections in other locations to handle the volume:
Transportfan
Senior Member
10-lane arterials with interchanges at main intersections? Even I wouldn't want to see that!
urbancog
Active Member
In the late 2000s, when the 413 was called the GTA West Multi-Modal Corridor and had a route from the Hwy 400 to Guelph, a study called the Halton-Peel Boundary Area Transportation Study proposed a new Halton Peel Freeway from the 401/407 to Mayfield road:
The proposal had 4+4 lanes from 401 to Bovaird and 3+3 lanes from Bovaird to Mayfield, along with widening several roads {Mississauga Rd, Winston Churchill, 9th Line (Halton), Trafalgar Rd}.
The Halton-Peel Freeway has become the southern section of the 413 (3+3 401 to WCB, 4+4 to Bovaird, 3+3 to Mayfield) and there's no E-W solution for traffic leaving the 413 and going to Guelph through Halton Hills. Trafalgar road widening to 2+2 should open later this year and land acquisition for 9th line 2+2 has just started up.
The proposal had 4+4 lanes from 401 to Bovaird and 3+3 lanes from Bovaird to Mayfield, along with widening several roads {Mississauga Rd, Winston Churchill, 9th Line (Halton), Trafalgar Rd}.
The Halton-Peel Freeway has become the southern section of the 413 (3+3 401 to WCB, 4+4 to Bovaird, 3+3 to Mayfield) and there's no E-W solution for traffic leaving the 413 and going to Guelph through Halton Hills. Trafalgar road widening to 2+2 should open later this year and land acquisition for 9th line 2+2 has just started up.
Civdis
Active Member
Looks like things are getting serious. Any idea on when this highway will open?
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Hard to say. The primary contracts still need to be issued.
My guess is we will see at least some parts of the highway opening in the early 2030's. We could see some big contracts go out 2027 or 2028.. completion 3-4 years later.
The Bradford Bypass has a more certain timeframe now, with all major contracts proposed to close in 2026. If that happens, opening of the Bypass will likely be ~2030.
The early 2030's are going to be pretty incredible for infrastructure in SW ontario - a lot of the subway programs will wrap up and highway projects will finish up as well in that 2030-2035 window.
My guess is we will see at least some parts of the highway opening in the early 2030's. We could see some big contracts go out 2027 or 2028.. completion 3-4 years later.
The Bradford Bypass has a more certain timeframe now, with all major contracts proposed to close in 2026. If that happens, opening of the Bypass will likely be ~2030.
The early 2030's are going to be pretty incredible for infrastructure in SW ontario - a lot of the subway programs will wrap up and highway projects will finish up as well in that 2030-2035 window.
Student99
Active Member
The province should really just buy back the 407 south of the 401. It seems so dumb to continue to have that short north/south span of the 407 between the 403 and 413. What a roadblock.
afransen
Senior Member
I would use that stretch quite a bit if it were not part of the 407. This will become increasingly problematic when the 413 connects at 401/407. A lot of potential N-S traffic will try to get around that small tolled stretch by taking parallel arterials, etc.
I have never seen that stretch be remotely busy, so maybe even just cutting a deal with 407 for low tolls for trips between those two interchanges,
qubyte
New Member
Yep especially traffic heading to and from the west (Oakville, Burlington, Niagara Region) will end up getting off at Trafalgar or James Snow to take Hwy 25 and clog up the roads in Halton to get to the QEW. Traffic heading east has the 401.
Would likely demand a high price tag considering it would make the Hwy407 discontinuous and this section of highway now has much greater potential after the 413 project was approved. The 407 ETR probably would want a steep price for this section as traffic from the 413 would eye its usage versus taking the arterial route through Halton.
If this section was made toll free, the Highway 403 / QEW Improvements from Trafalgar Road to Winston Churchill Boulevard would have to be expedited too. NB 403 through Dundas routinely sees up to 20 min delays from all the traffic getting on at Dundas from North Oakville. With additional traffic trying to head to the 413 and 401, this area would end up far worse without improvements. The full 403/QEW interchange and toll free 407 would also allow an additional pathway from the 401 to the QEW/Gardiner reducing some dependence on the 427.
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afransen
Senior Member
Of course, I think a better solution is (more reasonable) tolls across the whole urban 400 series network.