West Durham Link

The West Durham Link is a planned freeway in the Regional Municipality of Durham in southcentral Ontario, which will connect Highway 401 with the eastern extension of Highway 407. The freeway, which is one of two as-of-yet unnumbered connectors for the 407 extension, will be located entirely within Whitby, within a kilometre of its western border at Durham Regional Road 23 (Lake Ridge Road). It will be approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) long.

Future

The West Durham Link is one of two proposed freeways to connect the future east extension of Highway 407 with Highway 401; the East Durham Link, to be located to the east in Clarington, is the second. The links first appeared on the June 2007 Technically Recommended Route, which was submitted as part of the environmental assessment (EA) for the extension, but had been announced earlier that year on March 7 by the Government of Canada, as part of an investment in Greater Toronto Area infrastructure.^[1]

The EA report was released on August 17, 2009, including detailed plans for the configuration of the interchanges along the new freeway. The route will run parallel to and east of Lake Ridge Road, partially overlapping the current route of Halls Road and partially along a new alignment one lot to the east. Both Halls Road and Coronation Road will be re-aligned to accommodate the new freeway. It will be six lanes throughout its length, with a concrete Ontario Tall Wall as a median.^[2]

Exit list

The following are the proposed exits in the 407 East Environmental Assessment Report.^[2]

Location	km	Destinations	Notes
Whitby	0	Highway 401	Northbound entrance and southbound exit
	1	Dundas Street	Formerly Highway 2; northbound entrance and southbound exit
	3	Rossland Road
	5	Regional Road 4 (Taunton Road)
	9	Highway 7	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	10	Highway 407	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

References

1. ^ Canada’s New Government announces investment to cut commute times, clear the air and drive the economy in the Greater Toronto Area, Web site of the Prime Minister of Canada, retrieved March 7, 2007
2. ^ ^{a b} 407 East Environmental Assessment Report (Report). Government of Ontario. August 17, 2009. http://www.407eastea.com/407newsite/pdf/may10/AssessmentReportAugust2009/chapt/Chapter%208.pdf. Retrieved February 4, 2011. 

External links

• 407 East Extension Environmental Assessment