Ontario Construction News staff writer
The Ontario government is moving forward with the first stage of widening Highway 17 from two to four lanes between Arnprior and Renfrew.
The highway expansion, with four new interchanges, “will improve safety, strengthen the connection between communities, create jobs and attract investment to the region,” John Yakabuski, MPP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, said in a statement.
The government is requesting expressions of interest from qualified contractors for the first stage of the highway expansion, which will see a new interchange built at the Calabogie Road Intersection.
Construction will begin following the awarding of the contract and completion of the design and environmental assessment.
Ontario is widening 22.5 kilometres of Highway 17 from Scheel Drive to three kilometres west of Bruce St. in Renfrew County.
The construction of a new interchange at the Calabogie Road intersection in the Township of McNab/Braeside is first stage in the Highway 17 Widening Project between Arnprior and Renfrew
Second stage of the project includes building three new interchanges and widening Highway 17 from two lanes to four from Scheel Drive in the Township of McNab/Braeside to just west of Bruce St. in Horton Township.
Highway 17/417 is the longest provincial highway in Ontario, stretching for more than 1,900 kilometres from the Ontario/Manitoba border to the Quebec border in Eastern Ontario.