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roadwork on QEW (Toronto Bound)

Reported by Ontario 511 Traffic Events

Nightly construction closes all Toronto-bound lanes of the QEW between Fairview Street/Plains Road and Brant Street in Burlington, Ontario. The source reports severity as unknown.

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  • Affected location: Burlington
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. An industrialized city in the Golden Horseshoe at the west end of Lake Ontario, Hamilton has a population of 536,917, and its metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 747,545. The city is about 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Toronto, with which the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is formed. On January 1, 2001, the current boundaries of Hamilton was created through the amalgamation of the ori
Illustrative image: Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. An industrialized city in the Golden Horseshoe at the west end of Lake Ontario, Hamilton has a population of 536,917, and its metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 747,545. The city is about 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Toronto, with which the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is formed. On January 1, 2001, the current boundaries of Hamilton was created through the amalgamation of the ori — Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Why it matters

The reported full road closure affects Toronto-bound travel on this Burlington highway segment.

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Generated scores

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Confidence
5/10
Geographic reach
2/10
Global importance
1/10
Impact magnitude
2/10
Positivity
4/10
Urgency
4/10

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  • Ontario 511 Traffic Eventsroadwork on QEW (Toronto Bound)Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario (https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario). Source: Ontario 511. Information is provided “as is”; actual roadway conditions may differ. No endorsement by Ontario 511, MTO, or the Government of Ontario is implied. Usage terms
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