Renewed push in Ontario to remove trucks from Highway 401 amid grinding gridlock (move to 407)

[Upper Ech]

https://globalnews.ca/news/10333302/ontario-highway-407-truck-subsidy-ndp-motion/

a bit surprised there was no talk about this on here as this is something carriers have been dying for... thoughts?

 

[Igor Galanter]

It's a privetly own road and until lease is up ( in the next what 80 years??) would be very difficult to renegotiate, IMHO...
Unless government implement some kind of their Acts in the sleeve, eh..
It's mostly good for transit trucks, not so much for local, like me..

 

[Upper Ech]

It's a privetly own road and until lease is up ( in the next what 80 years??) would be very difficult to renegotiate, IMHO...
Unless government implement some kind of their Acts in the sleeve, eh..
It's mostly good for transit trucks, not so much for local, like me..

yea there's still 80 years or so left in the deal. the best way to get it resolved is if the government just steps in and says "this is ours now" only people that would complain is the 407 owners lol

 

[Igor Galanter]

Ontario government willbe sued huuuuge for a beaching a contract..
407 ownership has deep pockets, eh..

 

[Upper Ech]

yea they would... i can still dream XD

 

[JACKBURTON]

Easy enough to do what they want when they say "emergencies act"
Go for it.

 

[dad2andrew]

Best way to get from 1 side of the city to the other, the ~$100 (for trucks) might be hard to justify to some, but no stop and go, plenty of lanes to use if there is an accident or lane closure of anytime. and should take less than 2 hours to go from west side to east side. How much are all the extra costs running 401 across the city going to cost you? Stop/go, wages, fuel, time, truck/trailer repairs with the condition of the 401, the list goes on...

 

[loaders]

Easy enough to do what they want when they say "emergencies act"
Go for it.

I think you might be confusing Federal powers with a Provincial jurisdiction.

 

[JACKBURTON]

I think you might be confusing Federal powers with a Provincial jurisdiction.

Nah. Feds can do what they want, ultimately. Can even step in if a provincial leader asks real nice I bet.

 

[Upper Ech]

Best way to get from 1 side of the city to the other, the ~$100 (for trucks) might be hard to justify to some, but no stop and go, plenty of lanes to use if there is an accident or lane closure of anytime. and should take less than 2 hours to go from west side to east side. How much are all the extra costs running 401 across the city going to cost you? Stop/go, wages, fuel, time, truck/trailer repairs with the condition of the 401, the list goes on...

insurance rates would go down as well.

 

[BPOVFB]

Seems this idea didn't.. Chartwell

 

[Igor Galanter]

insurance rates would go down as well.

Not necessarily... In case of an accident involving Class 8, 407 ownership may go after lost revenues, I think...
That is priceyyy....

 

[JN1981]

The province could pay the tolls for the trucks to use the 407 and it would probably be cheaper than building the 413.

 

[artmax]

back when i was working in highlight our monthly 407 bill was 19-20k - only city trucks on Friday.

 

[Igor Galanter]

@artmax, not surprised..