Mayor Del Duca issues call-to-action to fight traffic

Mayor Del Duca issues call-to-action to fight traffic

Today, Mayor Steven Del Duca delivered a keynote address during the 2023 Vaughan Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Mayor’s Luncheon to an audience of Members of Council, business, government and community leaders.

In his address, Mayor Del Duca detailed a 10-year Action Plan to Fight Traffic Gridlock in Vaughan, featuring several Council-approved city-building projects currently planned or underway that will enhance residents’ quality of life and strengthen the City’s economic competitiveness to retain and attract investment. These projects include:

  1. Widening Highway 7 to six general-purpose lanes of traffic between Wigwoss Drive and Kipling Avenue.
  2. Connecting Langstaff Road over the CN MacMillan Yard and upgrading the interchange at Langstaff Road and Highway 400.
  3. Connecting Kirby Road between Dufferin and Bathurst Streets. Construction begins in 2023 and the road opening is expected in 2025.
  4. Connecting Teston Road between Keele and Dufferin Streets. The Environmental Assessment for this project is underway and will be completed before the end of this year.
  5. Building two additional east-west bridges over Highway 400, one linking Colossus Drive to the southern Vaughan Metropolitan Centre south of Highway 7; and the other linking Canada Drive and America Avenue north of Major Mackenzie Drive.
  6. Building the extension of Bass Pro Mills Drive to Weston Road to help improve general traffic flow without negatively impacting existing residential neighbourhoods.
  7. Continuing Council’s strong support for the Yonge North Subway Extension.
  8. Continuing Council advocacy for GO Train service for Woodbridge and Kleinburg-Nashville, and for new GO stations on the Barrie GO corridor at Concord and Kirby.
  9. Continuing support for York Region Rapid Transit’s plan to deliver Bus Rapid Transit on Jane Street, Major Mackenzie Drive and Steeles Avenue.

Learn more in the City’s news release. For updates and news as it happens, subscribe to Vaughan News and follow the official corporate channels on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.