Ontario raising speed limit to 110 km/h on more highway stretches, including Kingston to Belleville

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The province is raising the speed limit on additional sections of highways in northern and southern Ontario, including large portions of Highway 401.

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Beginning July 12, Ontario will permanently hike the speed limit from 100 km/h to 110 km/h on 10 highway sections, which works out to 36 per cent (860 kilometres) of the province’s highway network.

Included in the highway sections getting the speed limit increase is Highway 401 from Kingston to Belleville.

More than 250 kilometres of Highway 401 will be affected, while highways 403, 406, 416 and 69 will also have the speed limit boosted for some stretches.

“Most of Ontario’s highways were originally designed to safely accommodate speed limits of 110 km/h, and the data from our changes in 2022 shows they do just that,” Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria said Wednesday in a statement.

“These evidence-based increases are a common-sense change to make life more convenient for Ontario drivers while bringing our highway speed limits in line with other Canadian provinces.”

The 10 km/h increase comes two years after the government introduced the measure on six highway sections.

Following is the complete list of areas where speed limits are set to increase:

• Highway 401, Tilbury, extending the existing 110 km/h zone further east by seven kilometres

• Highway 401 from Highway 35/115 to Cobourg (a stretch of approximately 35 kilometres)

• Highway 401 from Colborne to Belleville (approximately 44 kilometres)

• Highway 401 from Belleville to Kingston (approximately 66 kilometres)

• Highway 401 from Highway 16 to Quebec boundary (approximately 107 kilometres)

• Highway 403 from Woodstock to Brantford (approximately 26 kilometres)

• Highway 403 from Brantford to Hamilton (approximately 14.5 kilometres)

• Highway 406 from Thorold to Welland (approximately 13 kilometres)

• Highway 416 from Highway 401 to Ottawa (approximately 70 kilometres)

• Highway 69 from Sudbury to French River (approximately 60 kilometres)

All highway sections were selected based on their ability to safely accommodate higher speed limits, the government said.

Stunt driving charges will continue to apply to those caught travelling at 150 km/h or higher even in the 110 km/h stretches.

Elsewhere in Canada, the government notes, Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan have a maximum speed limit of 110 km/h, while the maximum speed limit in British Columbia is 120 km/h.