'New deal for Ottawa' includes funding for Road 174, new 416 interchange at Barnsdale Road

From Ottawa Citizen

Blair Crawford

Published Mar 28, 2024

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford shakes hands with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe at the Ottawa Board of Trade’s Mayor’s Breakfast Series, in Ottawa, on Thursday, March 28, 2024. PHOTO BY JUSTIN TANG THE CANADIAN PRESS /The Canadian Press

Ontario will spend $9 million to maintain and upgrade Ottawa Road 174 and will eventually assume full responsibility for the busy and expensive east-end artery, Premier Doug Ford said Thursday while announcing a more than $600-million “new deal for Ottawa.”

The funding also includes the design and construction of a new interchange on Highway 416 at Barnsdale Road, a much-needed link in the nine-kilometre stretch of highway between the Fallowfield and Bankfield road interchanges in the city’s south end.

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