Ford is bashing his way into construction of Highway 413.
There many reasons why this should be opposed:
- Highway 413 would cause over 17 million tonnesof additional CO2 emissions by 2050 – the same date by which Canada is committed to reach net-zero emissions.
- The highway would enable and encourage expensive sprawl and make impossible the development of Brampton’s Heritage Heights, a transit-oriented, more affordable community.
- Highway 413 would pave over 400 acres of the Greenbelt, and over 2,000 acres of Class 1 and Class 2 farmland – Ontario’s most productive farmland.
- Highway 413 would cross over 85 rivers and streams, require a massive bridge over the Humber River and would pollute and destroy fish habitat.
- The highway would cause real and unavoidableharm to a range of at-risk and endangered species by destroying their rare habitats.
- Highway 413 wouldsave drivers less than 1 minute on average across the region, and not the 30 minutes that the Ontario government is claiming.
- Highway 413 would be built only 15 km north of the underused Highway 407, which is owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
- The highway would cost taxpayers billions. Although the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has failed to release updated cost estimates, by 2021, the cost was alreadyestimated upwards of $10 billion.
- Highway 413 could destroy important archaeological sites as the project passes through land that has long been inhabited by the Wendat. The highway would also bisect the sensitive headwaters of four watersheds within Mississauga of the Credit First Nation’s territory and impact their physical and cultural heritage, including ceremonial sites, burial sites and the cultural landscape.
- Analysisby transportation experts Eunomia Research shows that moving trucks from Highway 401 to the 407 will alleviate congestion for all road users and reduce journey times for truck drivers, save taxpayers at least $6 billion and protect valuable natural spaces including 2000 acres of farmland and 400 acres of Greenbelt.
But remember, Dog Ford has developers putting ‘things’ in his pocket.
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