Ontario raises speed limits on sections of Highway 401, 403 [Video]

Starting today, speed limits are now higher along a number of stretches of provincial highways, including Highway 401 and Highway 403.

Several sections of highways in both southern and northern Ontario have seen speeds increase from 100 km/h to 110 km/h, including a stretches in the Greater Toronto Area.

Highway 403, from Brantford to Hamilton and from Woodstock to Brantford are seeing speeds increase as of today.

The maximum speed on a 35-kilometre stretch of Highway 401 from Highway 35/115 to Cobourg is now also 110 km/h.

Speeds have been bumped up on six other stretches of roadway started today, including:

• Hwy 401 from Colborne to Belleville (approximately 44 km)
• Hwy 401 from Belleville to Kingston (approximately 66 km)
• Hwy 401 from Hwy 16 to Quebec boundary (approximately 107 km)
• Hwy 416 from Hwy 401 to Ottawa (approximately 70 km)
• Hwy 69 from Sudbury to French River (approximately 60 km)
• Hwy 401, Tilbury, extending the existing 110 km/h zone further east by 7 km

According to the province, …