Improve Transportation and Related Infrastructure

The development and maintenance of Niagara's transportation infrastructure is an economic priority among businesses, government organizations and residents. To encourage economic growth, transportation inadequacies are identified and corrected within short-and long-term periods under the direction of a Regional Transportation Strategy that states the following objectives:

Work toward the achievement of an effective, multi-modal transportation network for Niagara.

Accelerate implementation of the Niagara Region Transportation Strategy and adequately fund its key strategic directions. Key projects to be advanced include: 

  • Expansion of Highway 406 to Welland/Port Colborne

  • Development of an intra-regional transportation system to ensure that citizens, workers, students, and visitors are able to move easily throughout the region.

  • Construction of the South Niagara East-West Arterial Corridor.

  • Development of improved multi-modal transportation hubs and cross border infrastructure.

  • Construction of a multi-modal Niagara-GTA corridor.

  • Integrate Niagara's transportation strategy into a larger transportation strategy for the 'Golden Horseshoe' region of Ontario and into the bi-national transportation strategy under development for the Niagara Frontier.

  • Integrate Niagara's marine, rail, air, and trucking transportation systems at strategic locations.