"Ontario taxpayers are set to spend $9.1 million to learn if or how it is feasible to build a tunnel under Highway 401. The province issued a request for proposals for the study in the spring and a spokesperson for Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said Thursday that WSP Canada Inc. was recently awarded the contract. "Our government is making significant progress on the transformational project to build a tunnel under Highway 401 that will get people and goods moving across the province faster," Dakota Brasier wrote."
"Before the feasibility study was even started, Ontario Premier Doug Ford spoke often and in detail about his vision for a tunnel. Critics have called the idea a vanity project Ford laid out his plan for the tunnel to be 19.5 metres wide and three levels, with one level each for eastbound and westbound traffic and another for transit."
""If they can tunnel under the English Channel, if they can tunnel through mountains and every other place, we sure the heck can tunnel along the 401. We'll do it safely, and we'll do it properly.""
Ontario has contracted WSP Canada Inc. to perform a $9.1 million feasibility study on constructing a tunnel beneath Highway 401. The study follows a request for proposals issued in spring and aims to determine whether and how a tunnel could be built. The proposed design envisions a 19.5-metre-wide, three-level tunnel with separate levels for eastbound, westbound and transit. Premier Doug Ford has strongly promoted the plan and urged federal designation as a nation-building project. Critics label the project a vanity promise and experts warn it could cost up to $100 billion, raising concerns about feasibility and priorities.
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