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Even as the Canadian storm that triggered intense lake-effect snow and heavy snow squalls and brought the first flakes of the season to much of the Interstate 95 Northeast is moving away, shifting ...
Don’t forget to check the local forecast before you hit the road: Snowfall could snarl post-Thanksgiving travel plans as 16 million are under winter alerts across the Great Lakes and the Central ...
Regional Road 102 (Stanley Avenue) – Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake: To Regional Road 61 (Townline Road); last exit in Ontario; speed limit reduced from 100 km/h to 60 km/h approaching the end of highway: Niagara-on-the-Lake: 8.7: 5.4: Niagara Parkway: Ramps closed December 4, 2006 [15] Lewiston–Queenston Border Crossing
Traffic conditions on the parkway often exceed its intended capacity of 60,000 vehicles per day. Today, some sections carry an average of 100,000 vehicles a day and have bumper-to-bumper traffic conditions during commuting hours. The parkway is also used by regional transit buses which can access designated lanes to pass slow-moving traffic.
COMPASS, also referred to as Freeway Traffic Management System, is a system run by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) to monitor and manage the flow of traffic on various roads (including 400-series highways) in Ontario. COMPASS uses pairs of in-road sensors to detect the speed and density of traffic flow.
In November 1914, the proposed highway was approved, [78] and work began quickly to construct the road known today as Lake Shore Boulevard and Lakeshore Road from Toronto to Hamilton. The road was finished in November 1917, 5.5 metres (18 ft) wide and nearly 64 kilometres (40 mi) long, becoming the first concrete road in Ontario. [77]
The MTO is in charge of various aspects of transportation in Ontario, including the establishment and maintenance of the provincial highway system, the registration of vehicles and licensing of drivers, and the policing of provincial roads, enforced by the Ontario Provincial Police and the ministry's in-house enforcement program (Commercial vehicle enforcement).
High temperatures on Tuesday will trend into the 20s and 30s F across the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and New England. The pattern of lake-effect snow showers is set to persist through Tuesday ...