Ontario Is Permanently Raising The Highway Speed Limits At These Spots Today

Strap yourselves in because Ontario is keeping its faster 110 km/h speed limit for good, but only at a few locations in the province.

As of Friday, April 22, the increased speed limit will be made permanent for six segments of provincial highways throughout southern Ontario.

The provincial government announced that the changes would become permanent in a press release in March, in which it revealed these limits would be going from 100 km/h to 110 km/h to keep up with the other posted speeds across the country.

Here are all the highway areas where drivers will see these changes:

• Queen Elizabeth Way from Hamilton to St. Catharines (a 32-kilometre segment)
• Highway 401 from Windsor to Tilbury (about a 40-kilometre segment)
• Highway 402 from London to Sarnia (a 90-kilometre segment)
• Highway 404 from Newmarket to Woodbine (about a 16-kilometre segment)
• Highway 417 from Ottawa to the Ontario/Quebec border (a 102-kilometre segment)
• Highway 417 from Kanata to Arnprior (around a 37-kilometre segment)

The province is raising the speed limit to 110 km/h on two provincial highways in northern Ontario: along Highway 400 from MacTier to Nobel, and on Highway 11 from Emsdale to South River.

Drivers might not want to get used to the faster speed limits in these spots, though, as the increase is being done on a "trial basis" though the release doesn't say for how long.

Narcity reached out to the Minister of Transportation's Office for comment and will update this article as soon as we hear back.