Project Overview
Highway 403 is a well-travelled freeway for residential and commercial traffic between southwestern Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area. Operational improvements to the Highway 403/Rest Acres Road Interchange are required to meet the current and future traffic demand from existing and planned developments in the area.
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has retained Parsons Inc. (Parsons) to undertake the Detail Design and Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) Study for the reconstruction of the Highway 403/Rest Acres Road Interchange in the County of Brant.
The study will confirm existing and future conditions within the study area and identify any potential impacts that may occur from the interchange reconstruction. The scope of work includes reconstruction of both ramp terminals as roundabouts, drainage and illumination improvements, and landscaping.
The Detail Design study, which will build upon the preliminary design recommendations, is subject to the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act and is being carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Class Environmental Assessment for Provincial Transportation Facilities (2000) as a Group C project. As part of the EA requirements, an Environmental Screening Document (ESD) will be produced at the end of the study to document the EA process followed.
Study Area