TORONTO — Ontario has struck a deal with the federal government to proceed with the province’s Highway 413 project while working together to mitigate the effects on species at risk.
The two governments say they have signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes a joint working group to minimize the planned highway’s environmental impacts in areas of federal jurisdiction.
The province had accused Ottawa of overreach when it marked the planned highway for a federal review under the act, and had asked the court to stop the federal government from applying the impugned legislation to the 413 project. The proposed 52-kilometre Highway 413 connecting the regions of York, Peel, and Halton has been touted as part of the province’s plan to fight gridlock and expand public transit, but environmental groups and other critics say it would encourage sprawl into the protected Greenbelt, pave over prime farmland, and jeopardize the health of at-risk frog and fish species.
“It also ensures federal interests will be maintained on the protection of species while offering Ontario, in light of the recent Supreme Court’s decision, a greater level of clarity around the review process for the Highway 413 Project,” the statement said.
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