Future
On March 23, 2007, the Government of Ontario announced an Environmental Impact Assessment for a four lane controlled-access highway between Kitchener, and Guelph, as traffic on Highway 401 is growing steadily and approaching capacity, along with the current two-lane alignment of Highway 7. This would connect to the Conestoga Parkway via an expansion of the existing Wellington Road interchange, the new junction would be a four level interchange; the government's eventual plan is to have a Highway 7 freeway running from Stratford to Guelph. The eastern end of the proposed Highway 7 freeway would terminate at the Hanlon Parkway (Highway 6), which is also scheduled for upgrades to a full freeway.
Work to widen Highway 7 to four lanes from Brock Road in Pickering to Highway 12 in Whitby is underway and should be completed sometime in 2012.
In early 2011, Ontario Infrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli hinted at possible plans to extend the four-laning of Highway 7 west from Carleton Place to Perth.
Read more about this topic: Ontario Highway 7
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