Ford government confirms removal of tolls on part of Highway 407 [Video]

Ontario will remove tolls from the public portion of Highway 407, the Ford government has confirmed, delivering on an election promise made in February but stopping well short of demands from many groups to work on buying back the entire toll route.

On Tuesday, the province announced it would remove the tolls from Highway 407 East, which runs through Durham Region from Brock Road to Highway 35/155, beginning on June 1.

The government said it was also making a cut to the provincial gas tax permanent.

The move has effectively been in place since 2022 and renewed with a biannual news conference, but the 2025 budget will include measures to reduce the tax without the need to keep extending the pause.

The gas tax cut has cost the government $1.7 billion since it was first introduced.

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