Your commute on 69 is getting wilder
Bonjour du Nord — c'est Sudbury, on lâche pas. Let's go.
Ben là, this Highway 69 situation? It's really getting to me, and not just me, eh? The fact that people had to gather at the Northern Water Sports Centre, right there on Ramsey Lake, pour demander why this expansion is taking so long... It's just too much. We've been talking about twinning that highway for what feels like my whole life. My dad used to talk about it, and now I'm talking about it. And now we're hearing from our MP that it might not be done until *2037*? Voyons donc. That's another 14 years of a highway that's already seen too many tragedies.
### Why This Matters for Us
This isn't just some abstract infrastructure project. This is about people driving from Sudbury to Toronto, or vice versa, on a road that is just not safe enough for the traffic it carries. Every time I hear about another accident, especially that stretch south of French River, my heart just drops.
* **Safety First:** That two-lane highway, especially with all the big transport trucks, is a huge risk. Expanding it to four lanes will dramatically improve safety.
* **Economic Lifeline:** Highway 69 is our main artery connecting Sudbury to the south. Delays impact everything from tourism to supplies for our mines.
* **Quality of Life:** Less congestion, safer travel. It means people can get home to their families in Copper Cliff or the Flour Mill without that constant knot of anxiety.
You drive through us to get to your cottage, and you don't even stop, but you're using our highway. Meanwhile, we're the ones living with the consequences of this delay. It's not just a highway; it's a critical piece of our daily lives, and the province needs to prioritize it. The re-greening of Sudbury showed us that with effort, we can fix what's broken. This highway? It’s broken, and we need it fixed now, not in 2037.
Bonjour du Nord — c'est Sudbury, on lâche pas. Let's go.
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