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The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has retained WSP to undertake the Detail Design for the widening of Highway 7 from approximately 900 m west of Angeline Street to approximately 700 m east of Highway 35, in the City of Kawartha Lakes (GWP 4065-20-00). The map below shows the limits of the study area.
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​​The proposed improvements will include:

• Widening of Highway 7 from two lanes to four lanes, separated by a flush median;
• Lane transitions from two to four lanes at the east and west ends of the project limits;
• Resurfacing of the existing pavement;
• Intersection improvements (including traffic signal upgrades) at Angeline Street/Little Britain Road and at Highway 35 (including reconstruction of the existing channelized ramps and construction of a new channelized ramp in the northwest quadrant); and
• Utility relocations, landscape planting, culvert replacements and drainage works, as required.

​The Detail Design for the widening of Highway 7 is based on recommendations from a 2010 Preliminary Design study (GWP 69-99-00) that recommended a number of improvements to the Highway 7 corridor. The Preliminary Design study considered Highway 7 and Highway 35 from 0.9 km west of Kawartha Lakes Road 18 to 2.0 km east of Kawartha Lakes Road 36.

This study is following the approved environmental planning process for Group ‘B’ projects under the MTO Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) for Provincial Transportation Facilities (2000), with the opportunity for public input throughout the project.

This website will be used to provide project and schedule updates over the course of Detail Design. Upcoming consultation opportunities will include an online Public Information Centre (PIC), and posting of the Design and Construction Report (DCR) at the conclusion of the study for public review and comment.
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If you have questions or comments, or wish to be added to the project mailing list, please visit the Contact Us section of this website.

• The Design and Construction Report for the widening of Highway 7 is now available for review here. 
• Notices announcing the completion of the Design and Construction Report were published in Peterborough This Week and Kawartha Lakes This Week on Thursday, November 25, 2021.
• ​Online Public Information Centre display materials were posted for review on the project website from February 11, 2021 to February 26, 2021. 
• Notices announcing the online Public Information Centre were published in Peterborough This Week and Kawartha Lakes This Week on Thursday, February 11, 2021.

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