Canada and Ontario Announce Funding to widen....

September 6, 2006

6 September 2006

Canada and Ontario Announce Funding to widen Manning Road, Essex County Road 19

The following is extracted from a news release issued by Transport Canada on 5 September 2006, and found on their web site at http://www.tc.gc.ca/mediaroom/releases/nat/2006/06-h100e.htm.

The governments of Canada and Ontario, in partnership with the County of Essex, announced funding for the widening of Manning Road (Essex County
Road 19) from north of County Road 22 to the VIA Rail line. …

The widening of Manning Road from two lanes to five lanes will provide improved
traffic operations and better highway access to the border for local industry and for both commercial and commuter traffic in Essex County. …

The process to select a consultant for the Manning Road widening from Highway
401 to County Road 22 is nearly complete and the environmental assessment study
will be underway shortly.

In addition to the Manning Road environmental assessment, construction is continuing on the advance utility relocation for the road-rail grade separation on Walker Road at Grand Marais Road in Windsor.

Recently completed projects announced as part of the Let’s Get Windsor-Essex
Moving strategy include:…

The implementation of Intelligent Transportation Systems such as traffic cameras to improve traffic management, video monitoring, and driver information; and

Advance work at Grand Marais and Walker Road to facilitate traffic staging during the upcoming Walker Road construction.
Several more projects will complete the environmental assessment/engineering
phases in 2007:

Highway 401 widening from east of Highway 3 to west of Manning Road;

Windsor-Detroit Tunnel Plaza Master Plan improvements; and

Environmental assessment of a road-rail grade separation on Howard Avenue at the CPR tracks.


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