Ontario raising speed limits on some highways, including parts of 401 [Video]

The Ford government is set to increase the speed limit on hundreds of kilometres of its highway network, including large portions of the 401.

Beginning on July 12, Ontario will permanently boost the speed limit to 110 km/h on 10 sections of provincial highway in both the north and south of the province.

More than 250 km of Highway 401 — including around Kingston and Belleville — will see speed limits increase. Highway 403 near Brantford will also be changed, along with a 60 km stretch between Sudbury and French River in the north.

The 10 km/h increase comes two years after the government introduced the measure on six highway sections in 2022.

“Much of Ontario’s highway network was originally designed to safely accommodate speed limits of 110 km/h and data from our changes in 2022 show they do just that,” Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria said in a statement Wednesday.

“These evidence-based …