Whitby Council is again calling for the removal of tolls on Highway 407 East following the reinstallation of the Ontario Premier Doug Ford government at Queen’s Park.
Premier Ford in his campaign had promised to do away with the 407 East toll (see below), which is the only tolled provincially-owned 400-series highway in Ontario. Highway 407 ETR, which extends west of Pickering, is owned by a private consortium.
On March 24, Whitby Council approved a motion requesting that the provincial government “expedite the removal of all tolls on the entirety of Highway 407 East, in accordance with the 2025 Protect Ontario Plan, starting April of 2025 to align with the resumption of construction that will reduce traffic capacity on Winchester Road.”
The motion notes that, at a media appearance in October 2024, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he had requested that the Minister of Transportation review reducing or eliminating tolls on Highway 407 East.
The motion directs the mayor to send a letter and a copy of the motion to Premier Ford, as well as the Minister of Transportation, all Durham Region MPPs, and various area municipalities.
Whitby Council has previously passed motions calling for the removal of tolls on Highway 407 East in December 2024 and March 2024.
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