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Do the planning experts also call out how nearly every part of the associatiated bill will actually achieve the oposite of its goals? No amount of additional highways will end gridlock in such dense cities, we need alternatives that are not just more lanes. The idea is so bad the law if passed will pretty much make it impossible to stop them from building hwy 413. If the idea was a good solution, you wouldn't need to write into law that no one can stop you.
This law could set ontario back by decades. We are already decades behind on transit, mobility, and housing. This law would just make things worse while also extending the climate crisis, the housing crisis, and increasing municipal roadway maintaince and construction costs, while they already cannot afford to maintain their exisiting roads and sprawl. There will be a wave of roadway expansions and additional lanes to roads this highway leads to.
Its like we are trying to build the worst country we can and we keep pretending the 50s was peak civilization. We ignore legitmate studies about induced demand. We make it impossible to build housing that isn't single family homes. We hold no accountability to a politician involved in a multi billion dollar land scandal.