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Originally Posted by Loco101
As swimmer spe wrote, the MTO has been looking at Hwy 11 intersecting with 17 right at the Westernmost part of the city limits. Right by where the new hospital is I believe. Some issues is that it is right beside the Duchesnay Falls conservation area and right near Nipissing First Nation. It would mean a longer section of where Hwys 17 and 11 are together. The MTO also has had plans to make the North Bay "bypass" a freeway all of the way through but I'm not sure if that has been shelved indefinitely.
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The Escarpment would be quite the barrier to any new highway. That and Trout Lake. It's an ugly spot for a bypass and would be quite expensive.
I think the MTO has shelved it, AFAIK.