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RENFREW WARDEN PUSHES FOR 417 EXPANSION AS PART OF THE RING OF FIRE
10/21/2015 10:30:45 AM
Shipping chromite through the GTA just makes no sense according to Renfrew County Warden Peter Emon. The strategically vital material will soon be mined in Northern Ontario and processed in the Sudbury area. Deep water ports are also planned for the Seaway in Eastern Ontario. The perfect route with the railways gone is down an extended 417 to 416, according Emon.
He says routing through the GTA is silly - considering the traffic bottlenecks there. He adds the federal government can and should be involved in extending four-laning of 17.