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Originally Posted by Ottawaresident
The 17 is the tourist route. A freeway will bring more tourists, but the 17 is scenic. The 11 is the "trucker's route" and if it will be tolled, the 11 is probably a better route. I should keep my big mouth shut though.
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Freeway brings more tourists?
Not many people drive freeways for 'tourism'. They drive roads for scenery, which 17 provides. I can't see anyone driving thousands of kilometres to drive a freeway in the boonies. Something like the Cabot Trail, sure. I don't think the masses will do trips up to Lake Superior Provincial Park from Toronto now that you can drive there on a freeway.
Tolling 11 will absolutely thrill the many small communities along that highway. "Hey, everybody in Kapuskasing, you now have to pay a toll to go to Timmins to pay for a freeway!" said the MPP just prior to the angry mob burning his office to the ground.