{"id":3631,"date":"2022-02-18T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tobybarrett.com\/?p=3631"},"modified":"2022-03-11T12:20:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T17:20:31","slug":"3631-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tobybarrett.com\/3631-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highway 6 South at airport to be widened\u00a0<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 18, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CALEDONIA \u2013 The Ontario government will be widening Highway 6 South near Hamilton Airport.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHighway 6 will be expanded to four lanes from Upper James past the airport to Highway 403,\u201d said Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett. \u201cAecom has been picked to undertake preliminary design and to complete an environmental assessment.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur smart, targeted highway investments, like widening Highway 6 South in Hamilton, will better connect communities, create good-paying jobs and support the needs of a growing population,\u201d said Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation. \u201cFour-laning this corridor will improve the movement of people and goods, while serving the national, regional and local economies.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highway 6 from Highway 403 to Upper James Street is the primary connection from John Munro Hamilton International Airport to the Greater Golden Horseshoe via Highway 403.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe widening of Highway 6 from two lanes to four is vital to the continued growth of the John Munro Hamilton International Airport and the surrounding areas,\u201d said Donna Skelly, MPP Flamborough-Glanbrook. \u201cThis is an important step forward in our work to ensure the safe, efficient movement of people and goods here in Hamilton and across the region.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Preliminary Design and EA Update Study will include outreach to Indigenous communities, municipalities, and stakeholders including the airport and business owners, and will commence in spring 2022, with a targeted completion of spring 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quick Facts&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The widening of Highway 6 from Highway 403 to Upper James was included in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/budget.ontario.ca\/2021\/pdf\/2021-ontario-budget-en.pdf\">2021 Ontario Budget<\/a>, as a key highway expansion investment project to help protect our economy.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The province has allocated more than $21 billion in funding over the next 10 years, including approximately $2.6 billion in 2021\u201322, to expand and repair highways and bridges.&nbsp;<\/li><li>A four-lane highway link to the Hamilton airport was originally designed and received environment assessment approval in the late 1980s. The existing two-lane road was built in 2003.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-30-&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">For more information, contact MPP Toby Barrett at 519-428-0446 or <a href=\"mailto:toby.barrett@pc.ola.org\">toby.barrett@pc.ola.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highway 6 South at airport to be widened\u00a0 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 18, 2022 CALEDONIA \u2013 The Ontario government will be widening Highway 6 South near Hamilton Airport.&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHighway 6 will be expanded to four lanes from Upper James past the airport to Highway 403,\u201d said Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett. \u201cAecom has been picked to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tobybarrett.com\/3631-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>- Toby Barrett<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tobybarrett.com\/3631-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- Toby Barrett\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Highway 6 South at airport to be widened\u00a0 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 18, 2022 CALEDONIA \u2013 The Ontario government will be widening Highway 6 South near Hamilton Airport.&nbsp;&nbsp; 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