The pilot will run on Highway 402, the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 417
The pilot will run on Highway 402 between London and Sarnia, the Queen Elizabeth Way between Hamilton to St. Catharines, and Highway 417 from Ottawa to the Ontario-Quebec border.
"Our government believes that increasing speed limits will bring posted limits in line with other jurisdictions and go along with how people currently are driving," he said."The pilot is a first step as a move forward to gather information for a permanent decision."Street-racing rules will stay the same
Yurek said the province's street-racing rules — which apply at speeds greater than 150 kilometres an hour — will remain the same. The minister said he doesn't think increasing the speed limit will encourage drivers to boost their speed beyond the posted limit, but police will be watching for dangerous drivers.
NDP transportation and highways critic Jennifer French said the government is increasing highway speed limits at the same time that it's cutting the Ontario Provincial Police budget by $46 million.
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