Doug Ford says he wants to build a tunnel under Highway 401

[@rj1st238]

How about taking back 407 and make it free.

[@davidmacphee3549]

How much does' the 407 cost you now?

[@whodatcanuck3519]

Exactly

[@rj1st238]

@@davidmacphee3549 Have you been in 401 at 2-6PM? All those thousands of trucks don't want to pay for 407.

[@B.D.F.]

Make all highways paid highways, they don’t pay for themselves.

[@patrickfuna-ur7nm]

​@@davidmacphee354930 one way

[@KerryMARK-m4e]

Just take the toll charges off the 407. It would be cheaper a less disruptive.

[@philnicholson7863]

It doesn't belong to the province anymore

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

99 year lease

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

Build the 413 bypass quicker. Also upgrade Highway 7 to " 437" as a full fledge 400 series highway/interstate around north of Toronto

[@johngamerschlag7001]

Time for Ford to go. When’s the next election ? Public Transportation is the solution .Like Skytrain or Seatrain

[@colinjohnston5734]

Ya… Doug ain’t going anywhere. And look at the crosstown LRT started by the liberal 15 years ago… it’s 2024 and still not running? Remember the Ottawa LRT? Delayed by 2 years and generally spends 4 months a year down for repairs and it’s a breaks new system

[@wynottgivemore9274]

True you are, that traffic is renunkulus ,but the government makes way way to much money with this issue and they do not want to fix it,just add bandages ,knowing they won't do anything but add to their bank accounts .

[@johngamerschlag7001]

@@colinjohnston5734 Vancouver and Calgary must be doing something right

[@quackywhackityphillyb.3005]

Considering the ontario line is already 17 billion dollars over budget, how does ford expect this tunnel to be completed?

[@colinjohnston5734]

Ya really. We can’t even get the Ottawa LRT up and running or build bike paths without destroying the few decent roads we got but ya … another big project sure it will go smooth.

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

Toronto transit and this issue is with all North American metros are a joke with only 4 subway lines. An average European/Asian city in the same size has 30+. So most build big freeways

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

Should be funded by Federal Govt of Canada rather than the province since it is an issue of overpopulation in the GTA

[@MrAlen6e]

So much for thinking about taxpayers, how is it that we have millions for a brand new highway but transit , healthcare, education are getting cuts???. Also why are taxpayers outside the GTA paying for this ????

[@garymcallister4128]

Is that the raw video, or was it edited? Asking for a friend.

[@krobb93]

At least put a train in that tunnel

[@jovo55]

There already is a road that would help reduce traffic, the 407!!! Buy it back and make it free

[@alicat9580]

What were his other options?

[@Bass20HZobsession]

forcing toronto to allow density, ending rent control forever when tenants move out, buidling more subways. Literally anything but this. Like how? This gonna be the longest tunnel ever? For what reason?

[@demisavage77]

@@Bass20HZobsessionhe sounds a little like Trump with his bragging about its size.

[@MrAlen6e]

Develop the current rail system, to G7 standards like the rest of the Develop world. More housing options, better public transportation... making the 407 public again.... if you're a resident outside of the gta why should taxpayers towards this ....

[@hcn6708]

Public transit and building Greater Toronto like a civilized society

[@panesar32hp]

use the existing infra like the 407

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

Build 40 subway lines in Toronto region. Astronomical cost but this should be funded by FEDERAL GOVT since Toronto's rapid growth should be a FEDERAL issue not a PROVINICAL since it is critical

[@georgedavidson1221]

Through. Oshawa is the worst. It goes from 6 lanes in Scarborough to two Expand that out to past Newcastle

[@lizliz4186]

Doug's not doing anything for Durham. 😂🤣😂 You're still waiting on a new hospital site that he's been deciding on for 5 years and he still hasn't decided. He also says in this press conference that he's looking at Brampton/Mississauga to Scarborough and North to Markham. There's no thought of Durham nor Oshawa

[@guitarjunky]

Why a tunnel? That feels like the most expensive and most time consuming solution

[@Heyyo-k2x]

Because his friends who he will give the contracts to want that for the exact reason. More money in their pockets.

[@davidmacphee3549]

We need flying cars. I have lots of popular Science magazines that have promised them for decades. Maybe we need flying saucers like in the Jetsons.

[@wilfordshiell9367]

80% of the worlds environmental degredation is caused by the automotive industry.

[@ickster23]

The solution is to ban the wheel.

[@scwps23]

Every time someone talks about building a tunnel. I think about a truck only bypass tunnel on Interstate 5 Hwy 14 Interchange in LA county California. A gas tanker truck collided with another truck inside the tunnel. They had an uncontrollable fiery inferno that couldn't be fought. They had to let it burn itself out which took days.

[@apchannel6360]

Instead of building under tunnel, buy out 407!

[@steve11263]

What a terrible idea, something a person with the mind of a 5 year old boy would come up with

[@lizliz4186]

Every city the size of the GTA has better pubic transit. Invest in transit.

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

Same issue is with all North American metros since they evolved at the time of the car except for maybe NYC and Mexico City. Look at LA or Denver

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

A city like LA has 2 subway lines lmao. But there massive freeway network. Imagine if we didn't have the 401 lol due to the ones who opposed the Spadina Expy in Toronto. Would be a terrible way to travel around Toronto huh? Cause these idiots didnt advocate for more transit either Such stupid NIMBYs in the 80s.

[@joelorincz7802]

Finally! This is a great idea! Start with the 401 to 400 North section.

[@CritCommanda]

He might as well announce jetpacks for all Ontarians, pending a feasibility study. His brother played the same tunnel card, proposing to extend the allen underground south to downtown, knowing full well its impossible

[@adamsons2890]

Beautiful,do it 🎉

[@Timberland1963]

Why not dig out a big cavern for housing the homeless. They could do their tent cities underground and be out of sight.

[@desireechurchill747]

Great idea spending more money on …….. how is this helping the rest of Ontario??!!!!

[@codechrist]

Build it ❤❤❤❤❤

[@johnbronzan7716]

Another wasteful study just drop the tolls,we paid for the roads anyways

[@whatever77ism]

Only EVs through the tunnel. Less need for ventilation 😛😛😛

[@tinomoc9877]

U think EV are safe if theirs an accident the battery fire is worse then a gas fire

[@francisbael9334]

Lol who's paying taxes on road construction and repairs

[@georgedavidson1221]

It would probably be cheaper to put in the Sky

[@patientzero291]

Nice Idea, but can you talk to the surrounding municipalities and corporations if they are willing to relocate their businesses outside Toronto.

[@abdolreza82]

New traffic restrictions, resuming cancelled highways and expanding the subway infrastructure. These three have been done all around the world and have been effective, yet we fail to do the tried and true.

[@8randomprettysecret8]

Think there are more feasible cost effective solutions to reduce gridlock… 🤔

[@yahu1435]

Let METROLINX build the tunnel.

[@rgen28]

Hahahah. Sure.

[@bArthurt777]

Sure... Someone give Doug a shovel.

[@misterfunnybones]

I'm building a time machine.

[@locutusv1]

Maybe ... Maybe ... Hold the contractors who are taking on the highway project in 401, accountable to finish their project in time. Last 15 years there has been continuous construction taking place on 401 never been able to get the most out of the highway. Poor designs, speed limits are limited to 100 is ridiculous.

[@veldtwalker]

Gonna line the sides of it with hospital beds ?

[@zzzzzhuh1439]

Build it

[@Stu-w7r]

Amazing how conservatives throw fiscal responsibility out when it comes to highways.

[@hcn6708]

Just 18 more lanes bro just a few more lanes dude please

[@kaysartornado]

Why underground it ll take forever to complete, do it over ( on top) 401

[@user-kv1up9fu5s]

Ugly look but who cares?

[@francisbael9334]

Only entry is DVP and Allen Road, other exit and entry will be both end of the city

[@jemtechandmore2101]

Instead of tunnel, why not flyovers

[@adam1885282]

Lol ONE MORE LANE should fix it

[@i-playsimcity4797]

Tunnels to complete the rest of the cancelled Toronto freeway network to take congestion off 401. Toronto has dvp, gardiner, 401, 427, 400, 404 thats it besides the 407 tolled.

[@masahirogo3330]

Just do it

[@whatdoyouwantfromme1029]

407 👈🤷‍♂️ investing more money for public transportation 🤷‍♂️ i think Doug Ford lost his mind 😑👎

[@davidmacphee3549]

We need flying cars. I have lots of popular Science magazines that have promised them for decades. Maybe we need flying saucers like in the Jetsons.

[@georgedavidson1221]

Expand lanes

[@52kickbone]

Doug must have found some of his brother Rob"s coke stash somewhere and snorted it ALL!!.

[@johnnygoodman2003]

Doug doesn't need to look for Robs stash. Doug was Robs dealer.

[@KRajah-lg6ix]

Remember Kathleen Wynne?…

[@Calvinxx1]

He is delusional and the tunnel would cost a fortune. I doubt the rest of the province would be happy paying for such a thing. Make more intelligent use of rail and other things to try to help. Toronto and most NA cities are poorly designed and have been allowed to grow in a horrible way just to get developers money. Short sighted thinking always costs more in the end.

[@hamadhayat9868]

Above 401 😂 air highway next

[@DoG0niT]

What DaTa

[@georgedavidson1221]

Fix the bottle necks. Oshawa. , 427 Connect highway # 7 from. How # 12 to. Hyw # 89

[@Diidii22665]

Is easy to build a new city out of Toronto

[@hchalz]

I like this idea. We have imported around 10MM Indians, legal or illegal, and they need work, right? Let them build this tunnel

[@johnnygoodman2003]

Why not have the 10mm Indians build housing for our housing crisis?

[@hchalz]

@@johnnygoodman2003 because it's unprofitable to build housing in Canada. The Canadian government takes the lion's share of the investment.

[@davidmacphee3549]

Is going to call Elon musk and his Boring company? Ford is loosing his mind just like Musk.

[@sumeshjoseph2471]

Elevated highway is better

[@MrAlen6e]

Impossible gives there's already elevated portions of the 401

[@sumeshjoseph2471]

@@MrAlen6e there is no elevated portion of 401 in gta area

[@JessT-vg7ib]

Doug Ford is my hero.

[@5252085]

Why not? Better to build down than up. Can't really widen the lanes any further so this isn't a terrible idea....

[@jovo55]

No it is a terrible idea, it would take 50 years to complete and it would make the current traffic worse during construction, when does traffic ever get better during construction?

[@PerryHowell-h9v]

Get some palestinians to help you. Let them do something productive for a change.

[@samiahmadi6862]

This could actually work.