Class EA Process
The Preliminary Design Study was undertaken according to the 2000 Class Environmental Assessment (EA) Provincial Transportation Facilities. The current Detail Design and Class EA will continue to follow the 2000 Class EA process, which provides a decision-making process to make sure that all relevant engineering and environmental factors are considered in the planning and design of transportation facilities. This Detail Design and Class Environmental Assessment Study is being undertaken as a Group ‘A’ project, which includes new provincial highways and freeways, major realignments and bypasses to existing provincial highways/freeways that do not substantially follow the existing right-of-way and extensions to existing provincial highways/freeways. The Class EA process and the consultation program for this project is summarized in the graphic below:
Detailed information regarding the MTO Class EA and Ontario EA Act is available via the Documentation section of this website.
Study Area
The project team encourages you to provide information and comments regarding the study area.
