Cost of Doug Ford’s Hwy. 401 tunnel dream would be "astronomical," experts say

Doug Ford’s tunnelled highway plan will likely cost tens of billions of dollars and be hugely complicated, experts and advocates say. On Wednesday morning, Ford unveiled his plan to commission a thus-far-uncosted feasibility study to work out how to tunnel a new expressway beneath the gridlocked lanes of Highway 401, possibly stretching from Mississauga and Brampton in the west to Markham and Scarborough in the east. The premier said the feasibility study would predict the cost and potential scope the scale of the project — but insisted that this was a plan he would push ahead, whatever its results. While the costs would be “astronomical” to build under Highway 401, one professor said it is technically possible. The fact it can be done, however, he said, is not a reason to push on. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10775005/highway-401-tunnel-expressway-cost/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #DougFord #Highway401