Higher speed limits are now in effect on stretches of 400-series highways in Ontario
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Starting today, speed limits are now higher along a number of stretches of provincial highways, including Highway 401 and Highway 403.
Starting today, speed limits are now higher along a number of stretches of provincial highways, including Highway 401 and Highway 403.
Several sections of highways in both southern and northern Ontario have seen speeds increase from 100 km/h to 110 km/h, including a stretches in the Greater Toronto Area.
Highway 403, from Brantford to Hamilton and from Woodstock to Brantford are seeing speeds increase as of today.
The maximum speed on a 35-kilometre stretch of Highway 401 from Highway 35/115 to Cobourg is now also 110 km/h.
Speeds have been bumped up on six other stretches of roadway started today, including:
According to the province, the speed limit will increase on Hwy 406 from Thorold to Welland later this year.
The province previously said that the move “builds on the safe and successful increase to six sections of provincial highways in 2022.”
