News Release: SuperBuild Investment In QEW And Highway 405 Improvements Will Benefit Niagara

For Immediate Release
May 17, 2002

SuperBuild Investment In QEW And Highway 405 Improvements Will Benefit Niagara

NIAGARA FALLS — A $1.7 million project to install electronic information signs on Highways 405 and the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) was announced today by Transportation Minister Norm Sterling. The electronic signs on Highways 405 and the QEW will alert motorists to highway line-ups approaching the U.S. border.

"Our government's record investment in highway infrastructure is fueling economic growth throughout Ontario," Sterling said. "When completed, this project will improve traffic flow, enhance road safety and encourage economic expansion."

The project, awarded to Weinmann Electric Limited of Fort Erie, involves installation of electronic traffic information signs on the QEW and on Highway 405 to alert drivers about vehicle line-ups on highways as they approach the Queenston-Lewiston International Bridge and the Peace Bridge, Fort Erie.

"When this work is completed, vacationers and commercial drivers will be able to get real-time traffic information about vehicle line ups approaching these international bridges, and be able to slow down enough to prevent collisions," Niagara Falls MPP Bart Maves said. "The project will significantly improve safety at these vital border points."

"Placing electronic information signs on the QEW and Highway 405 will support Ontario's export economy," Erie-Lincoln MPP Tim Hudak said. "Keeping people and goods moving smoothly will also help boost the economy of the Niagara Region."

Work is scheduled to start this month and be completed by October 2002.

This investment is part of the government's five-year, $20-billion SuperBuild initiative designed to facilitate the largest infrastructure-building program in Ontario's history. Since 1995, the Ontario government has invested about $6.5 billion in highway capital projects.