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Ontario to spend $50M on Banwell Road interchange

Premier Doug Ford has announced $50 million of funding to build a new interchange at Banwell Road and E.C. Row Expressway.

Premier Doug Ford announced the news in Kingsville this morning

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Politicians stand in a line next to workers from Highway 3 for photos
Doug Ford was joined in Kingsville by MPP for Windsor-Tecumseh Andrew Dowie (far left) and Ontario's minister of transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria (far right). (Christopher Ensing/CBC)

Premier Doug Ford has announced $50 million of funding to build a new interchange at Banwell Road and E.C. Row Expressway.

The announcement was made this morning in Kingsville, Ont., where Ford was joined by MPP for Windsor-Tecumseh Andrew Dowie and Ontario's minister of transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria.

The money being announced today is part of Ontario's investment of more than $28 billion in highway, road, and bridge projects over the next 10 years.

Doug Ford stands at a podium reading 'Building Ontario.'
The funding from the Ontario government is part of the wider goal of $28 billion of provincial infrastructure investment. (Christopher Ensing/CBC)

Ford said that the Banwell interchange will improve access to Canada's first electric vehicle battery plant while also supporting supply chain businesses across Windsor and the new Windsor-Essex hospital.

"These investments to widen Highway 3 and to build the Banwell interchange ... are a big win for commuters, workers and businesses," Ford said. 

Busy commutes

Highway 3 has up to 17,300 vehicles travelling between Essex and Leamington each day.

The expansion of 15.6 kilometres of Highway 3 from two to four lanes will also include the widening of five existing intersections, the addition of traffic signals to three other intersections and resurfacing existing lanes.

In June 2023, Ontario announced plans to support a new interchange connecting Highway 401 to the future extension of Lauzon Parkway in Windsor. 

Prabmeet Sarkaria stands at a podium during a press conference.
Doug Ford was joined for the announcement by Ontario's minister for transport Prabmeet Sarkaria. (Christopher Ensing/CBC)
The interchange is expected to provide better opportunities for trade, as well as better access to the Detroit-Windsor border.

"Our government is proud to deliver game-changing projects that will get drivers in Windsor-Essex where they need to go, faster than ever," Sarkaria said. "We will continue to invest in infrastructure that creates meaningful jobs and saves families and businesses time and money."

"This project has been needed for over 30 years, and I couldn't be happier to see that the Ontario government is finally delivering it," he said.

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