Ontario Moving Forward On Highway 427 Expansion

Snapd Woodbridge/Vaughan East
April 2016

Ontario is making progress to expand Highway 427, which will create jobs and support economic growth and development. The province has released a request for proposals to three shortlisted bidders to extend Highway 427 by 6.6 kilometres (km) from Highway 7 to Major Mackenzie Drive. The highway will also be widened for about 4 km south of Albion Road to Highway 7. Construction is expected to begin in 2017 and the road will be open to traffic in 2020. Expanding Highway 427 is part of the largest infrastructure investment in Ontario’s history - about $160 billion over 12 years, which is supporting 110,000 jobs every year across the province, with projects such as roads, bridges, transit systems, schools and hospitals.