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Drivers beware: quietly, almost furtively, the Ontario Service Centres on the 400 and the 401 are closing. If you've ever driven long distances on either of these highways (particularly the 401), you know this situation is problematic because these rest and refuelling stations have probably saved you from a close call with a near-empty gas tank. But don't fret: the Service Centres aren't closing for good; the Ontario government is letting the current operating leases expire so that it can renew all existing (and recently expired) contracts under one operator, instead of under the current consortium of oil companies. More importantly, most of the stations were built in the 1960s and the government wants a new operator to re-vamp the locations in order to make them capable of offering services up-to-par with twenty-first century expectations.