Ford says Ontario should ‘build the damn’ Highway 413, when asked about ‘customized’ environmental process [Video]

Ontario’s premier says he’s confident the environmental concerns about a long-proposed highway have been studied closely and that the Toronto-area project should move forward.

“Let’s build the damn highway,” Doug Ford said at a news conference Monday, when asked about Highway 413, construction of which he and his government have said will start next year.

CBC News has obtained internal government documents that lay out some ideas the government has been considering for supporting the building of priority highway projects — including the still-unbuilt 413, which would connect Halton, Peel and York regions.

Beyond the premier’s comments on Monday, the provincial government declined to comment to CBC News on the possible measures relating to Highway 413 that are laid out in the documents. It’s not clear if those ideas have been presented to cabinet.

But as CBC News has already reported, one such measure includes potentially allowing 24/7 construction for such priority highway projects.

Another includes applying a “customized” …