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Ford believes Carney will designate Hwy. 401 tunnel as ’national interest’ project

Ontario Premier Doug Ford expects federal support to fast-track a tunnel under Highway 401, citing it handles 50% of Toronto's GDP and costs $58 billion in lost productivity, officials said.

  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford expects Prime Minister Mark Carney to back his plan for a three-level tunnel under Highway 401 by the next group of fast-tracked projects.
  • Ford's tunnel plan emerged from a list of five Ontario projects submitted earlier this year, but only one project for small modular nuclear reactors was fast-tracked in the first tranche.
  • The tunnel would be 19.5 metres wide and serve eastbound, westbound traffic and transit beneath North America's busiest highway, where gridlock costs $58 billion in lost productivity annually.
  • Ford said, "I just believe he will," referring to Carney's support, while critics, including NDP Leader Marit Stiles, called the tunnel a potential distraction from provincial priorities.
  • If approved and built, the tunnel could ease Toronto area congestion and boost productivity, though experts warn it may cost upwards of $60 billion and take decades to complete.
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Ford believes PM will designate Hwy. 401 tunnel as 'national interest' project

Ford said Tuesday that accessing the province's critical mineral-rich Ring of Fire region will be in the next set of projects.

·Toronto, Canada
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Radio-CanadaRadio-Canada
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401 Tunnel: a National Interest Project, According to Doug Ford

The Premier of Ontario believes that his federal counterpart, Mark Carney, will support his highway tunnel project in the Greater Toronto Area.

·Montreal, Canada
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The Toronto StarThe Toronto Star
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Doug Ford believes his Highway 401 tunnel will make Mark Carney’s list of national projects

The tunnel under the superhighway across the top of Toronto was excluded from the first list released by the prime minister last week.

·Toronto, Canada
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The Globe & MailThe Globe & Mail
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Doug Ford says he expects Carney to back his Highway 401 tunnel proposal

Ontario has launched a feasibility study of the tunnel, which experts say could cost upward of $60-billion and take decades to build

·Canada
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Toronto SunToronto Sun
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Ford believes Carney will designate Hwy. 401 tunnel as ’national interest’ project

Ontario Premier Doug Ford believes Prime Minister Mark Carney will back his idea for a tunnel under Hwy. 401 through the Greater Toronto Area, though it is unclear if he had received any such assurances from Ottawa.

·Toronto, Canada
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Global NewsGlobal News
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‘I just believe he will’: Ford thinks Hwy. 401 tunnel will be nation-building project

Last week, Ottawa announced five ideas that its new Major Projects Office would usher through the approvals process and fast-track. The 401 tunnel was not on the list.

·Toronto, Canada
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Midland Today broke the news in Midland, Canada on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
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