Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent have been left out of a pilot project to test increasing the speed limits on provincial highways.
The province announced Friday the 402 from London to Sarnia, the QEW from St. Catherines to Hamilton and Highway 417 from Ottawa to the Quebec border will be the test sites for speed limit pilots.
The three areas will have their speed limits increased to 110km/hour.
This transport truck driver has been driving a rig for six years.
He says a speed limit change is needed.
"What I think is, it's about time," he says. "American highways have been 65 and 70 miles an hour for a really long time, there's no reason why we can't go 110 on ours."
A row of transport trucks are parked at the Husky Travel Centre in Windsor, May 10, 2019 (Photo by AM800's Rob Hindi)
This transport truck driver has been driving for more than 20-years.
He says he's not surprised Highway 401 is not included in the pilot project.
"The traffic is too heavy and it doesn't matter if you make the speed limit 110 or 120 it doesn't make a difference because it's too heavy traffic on it," he says.
The province will also launch province-wide consultations on how to safely increase speeds on highways to align with other provinces.
"Results from the pilot and all feedback received during the consultations will be carefully considered as part of the final decision-making process," says Minister of Transport Jeff Yurek.
The pilot projects will begin in mid-September and consultations will begin in the next few weeks.
It is also proposing amendments that keep street-racing penalties at 150km/hour.