Locals react to 400 series highway speed increase [Video]

The speed you travel on sections of 400 series highways in our region is increasing.

The province said it will raise the speed limit to 110 km/h on multiple sections and some northern Ontario roads.

36 per cent of Ontario’s highway network will now be posted at the new limit.

In our region, signs will be installed on Highway 403 from Woodstock to Hamilton, and a small section of Highway 401 near Tilbury by July 12.

Londoner Ruth Hannah accepts the change.

“I do drive the 402 quite often, and 110 [km/h] just seems normal now,” she said.

Provincial police told CTV News London there has “been no significant change in the number of collisions or charges” on Highway 402 since the limit increase.

Mattis Gregoire is seen on April 24, 2024. (Sean Irvine/CTV News London)

But that fact does not fully ease the concern of new driver Mattis Gregoire.

“The hits will be much harder, more dangerous. But, if people know how to drive …