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“We all wonder why 18 years and it’s still not done,” says Britt, Ont., resident living near untwinned section
The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing was our guest for this week's edition of Report from Queen's Park. That's Graydon Smith, the MPP for Parry-Sound-Muskoka. We spoke with him about the four-laning of Highway 69, college and university funding, and the new school being built in Parry Sound, among other things.
They used to call him 4-lane Al. He's 75 now. He started lobbying for the four-laning of Highway 69 when he was 36 years old. Retired Sudbury lawyer Alan Arkilander shares his thoughts on the project, which still hasn't been completed.
It was standing-room only at town hall about 4-laning Highway 69 on Wednesday evening. Sudbury-area MPPs heard safety pleas from crash victims' families, citing how dangerous the 2-lane stretch is. The Ford government told CTV News earlier this week that engineering, planning and First Nation consultations are ongoing but shared no official timelines for completion.
Single-vehicle crash occurred at the junction with Highway 17, with the section of road between the off-ramps remaining closed this morning
A prevailing theme throughout a town hall meeting on April 29 was that a widespread community push is needed to convince the province to complete the four-laning of Highway 69
Three people have died in two separate crashes on the highway this month
Despite the province’s inaction in responding to a land dispute, Magnetawan First Nation Chief Lloyd Noganosh said his community is working to get the Highway 69 expansion done ASAP
