Highway 413: not a done deal
March 2025:
Thanks to the new federal protection order for the redside dace, it could be years before shovels go in the ground, if ever.
The fish that stopped a highway
Early this year the federal government issued a Protection Order for the endangered Redside Dace. This will essentially ban the construction of sprawl and Highway 413 throughout Redside Dace critical habitats. More about it here.
We’ve been pushing against sprawl and the 413 for years now. Thanks to everyone who wrote to federal ministers last fall to stop this highway.
Dace rivers in purple, route of proposed Highway 413 in orange.
Courtesy Liz Benneian, ,Chair, Biodiversity and Climate Action Niagara
It could take years for this highway to go through - if it ever happens. There are many many hurdles before construction can begin. Read Noor Javed’s story in the Toronto Star.
“Benefits with friends”
Another story by Noor Javed draws direct links between members of the Doug Ford government and developers who have bought land all along the proposed route of Highway 413. They will benefit; the planet and future generations will not.
413 versus GO train expansion
Which carries more people for roughly the same cost? Our thanks to Transport Action Ontario for this chart, part of an excellent document comparing GO versus 413.
