When was the 407 etr built

The highway lease requires that ETR attract and maintain certain levels of traffic. If certain traffic thresholds are not met, a congestion payment to the Province may be required. At the end of the lease agreement, the highway and toll systems etc. By the summer of , ETR had extended the highway 24 kilometres to the west and 15 kilometres to the east, on budget and ahead of schedule.

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Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. All rights reserved. The rate for heavier vehicles was unchanged. When a motorist without a transponder enters the highway and passes under the two tolling gantries, locator antennae alert the roadside computer that the vehicle does not have a transponder.

The VDAC system uses laser scanners to classify the vehicle and tell the toll collection system whether to charge for a passenger or commercial vehicle. At this point, the system triggers digital cameras, which take electronic images of the rear number plate of the vehicle from different angles. A light meter automatically varies lighting to ensure the best conditions for taking an image of the number plate.

The cameras have been tested to ensure accuracy, even in blizzards and rainstorms. The same process occurs when the vehicle leaves the highway. A computer at the Operations Centre matches the data and a transaction charge is assessed based on the time of day and distance travelled.

The owner of the vehicle is identified through government records and is sent an invoice in the mail. Cheating or refusal to pay invoices results in plate denial, meaning that a debtor can not renew their license plate or obtain a new license plate until all tolls and fees have been paid.

The information collected by the toll systems must be archived for future reference; this is accomplished by the use of SAND Technology analytical server. SAND provides software and services to integrate data from both the PeopleSoft ERP system and operational transactions systems into a centralised analytical and reporting repository.

The Roadside Motorist Assistance team patrol the highway from am to pm weekdays and during peak traffic times on weekends.

The Highway Operations Control Centre monitors and records activities on the highway, 24hrs a day, and constantly monitors information from Environment Canada to anticipate road conditions and surface temperatures as well as moisture and chemical salt conditions.

If a car breaks down when travelling on ETR the free Roadside Assistance Patrol will provide a boost, tire change, free gallon of fuel or call a tow truck. An environmental assessment of the east extension of the highway was completed in The route of the extension will run from Pickering, Ontario through the Durham region to Clarington, Ontario. The routes of the link roads will run near Whitby and Courtice, Ontario. The preferred routes for all of these new roads were made public in June The Canadian Government and the Province of Ontario had already announced in March as part of their FLOW initiative that these new highways would be completed by