Torontoist » roads http://torontoist.com Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it Sun, 27 May 2012 03:02:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Concrete Once Again Falling From the Gardiner Expressway

Heads up, Toronto—for the second time this week, concrete is falling from the Gardiner Expressway. Toronto Police told 680News this morning that concrete had fallen onto Lake Shore Boulevard, near Parkside Drive. No injuries were reported and the area hasn’t been closed off, but this is a repeat of a similar incident on Monday afternoon, [...]

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Ontario will spend more than $2 billion this year to improve provincial roads and highways, widening the QEW and 401 and repairing over 450 kilometres of highway, as well as building and repairing over 100 bridges. In related transit news, the government is spending $5 million on a commission that will study exactly how much [...]

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