[ShonTron]

My understanding is that the contested lands around Six Nations are primarily along the south side of the Grand River - the treaty on the north side isn't as disputed. It's why Empire has managed to build their large Avalon subdivision on the north side of Caledonia without issue. If anything I suspect the Six Nations would be supportive of the freeway as it would improve access to the reserve and might help support economic development.

The Bypass was built in the early 1980's back when the whole Nanticoke Industrial zone plan was still advancing. The Highway 6 freeway plan has been around for decades as it was initiated to service Nanticoke / Townsend, which never happened so it's sat on the shelf for a longggg time.

These intersection upgrades are a lot cheaper than a potential freeway extension, but a connection from Mount Hope to the Caledonia Bypass likely wouldn't be overly expensive.. a few new overpasses and two new interchanges.

It’s similar to the minor upgrades to Highway 69 north of Highway 559; a cheap short-to-medium term improvement as long-planned major expansion is left for future years.

 

[ZEBuilder]

Work is progressing on the Kitchener end of New Highway 7, the location of the Grand River Bridges have been cleared with site grading works underway, the last bit of geotech work has commenced, they couldn't get a drill rig to the pier locations because of how forested/steep the terrain was so now that they've cleared everything and graded a bit they could get a rig down there.

April 29, 2026

May 26, 2026

Work has also progressed on the Frederick Street bridge replacement, the abutment caissons on the Edna Street side are completed, and the Bruce Street ones are actively being drilled. Each abutment caisson is 0.8m in diameter and 35 meters deep. The central pier caissons are also almost completed, with the last one being drilled earlier this week, these caissons are each 2.1m in diameter and 30 meters deep.

April 29, 2026

May 26, 2026