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History: Proposed 1990s
Planned completion 2020 South end: Highway 401 near Courtice North end: Highway 407 in Clarington | ||
King's Highway 418, or simply Highway 418, is a future tolled freeway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The planned 400-series highway will travel through the Regional Municipality of Durham to connect Highway 401 with the eastern extension of Highway 407. The freeway will be located entirely within Clarington near Durham Regional Road 34 (Courtice Road).
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The route number was confirmed by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) on February 6, 2015. Prior to this, it was known as the East Durham Link.
Future
Highway 418 is one of two proposed freeways to connect the future eastern extension of Highway 407 with Highway 401; the other is Highway 412, located to the west in Whitby. The two routes, known then as the East Durham Link and West Durham Link, first appeared as part of the June 2007 "Technically Recommended Route", which was submitted as part of the environmental assessment (EA) for the extension, but had been announced earlier that year on March 7 by the Government of Canada as part of an investment in Greater Toronto Area infrastructure. The EA report was released on August 17, 2009, and included detailed plans for the configuration of the interchanges along the new freeway.
On February 6, 2015, it was announced by the MTO that the East Durham Link would be designated Highway 418. On May 11, 2015, a contract was awarded for the second phase of the project, which would begin construction of a portion of Highway 418 from Highway 407 to Taunton Road, to finish by 2017. The remainder of the highway is scheduled to be completed by 2020. As of fall 2016, the construction progress of the highway already reached Highway 401 meaning that the highway could be completed ahead of schedule.
Exit list
Note distances are approximate calculations.
The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 418, as noted by the 407 East Environmental Assessment Report. The entire route is located in the Regional Municipality of Durham.