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April 11, 2024 • Volume 38, No. 25
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Province unveils plan to take back Highway 174
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By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star During a visit to Ottawa on April 28, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced plans for the provincial government to provide Ottawa with $543 million over the next 10 years for housing, transportation, public safety and other areas. Among other things the “New Deal for Ottawa” includes is a three-step plan to upload responsibility for Hwy. 174 to the province, and provides up to $3 million a year for maintenance costs over the next three years and a capped capital contribution up to a maximum of $47 million over the same period. Hwy. 174 and the maintenance costs associated with it were downloaded by the provincial government to the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton in the late 90s. A number of
other highways were downloaded to various other municipalities at the same time. In exchange, the provincial government of the day uploaded the cost of public education. News of the Ford government’s plans to take back responsibility for Hwy. 174 were applauded by the east end’s local city councillors. “Today is a good day for us here in Orléans East - Cumberland. This is something that we have been asking for, for a very long time,” says Orléans East - Cumberland councillor Matt Luloff. “The 174 is used, in great part, by commuters coming in from outside of our city. This decision just makes sense and will free up transportation funding to allow us to better care for our other infrastructure in the east end.”
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