[haljackey]

The QEW has enough right of way west of Highway 406 to accommodate 10 lanes without excessive property acquisitions. Many of the existing overpasses between the Red Hill Valley Parkway and Highway 406 are long enough to have a 8-lane QEW pass underneath.

The short term solution is to widen the QEW to 8 lanes in this area and eventually make it a 8 lane +2 HOV lane (so 10 lanes total) artery later on. Highway 420 could also be extended westward to hook up with Highway 406.

I question the need for the Mid-Peninsula Highway at the present time. Perhaps the province should still acquire this land but use it for dedicated high speed rail instead.