Future
Construction is currently underway to twin the Arnprior Bypass portion of Highway 17, which will include a new interchange at White Lake Road. The major structure in this project was a second crossing of the Madawaska River. Work began during the spring of 2009 and is tentatively scheduled to be completed by the end of 2012, with a projected cost of $70 million. The Arnprior Bypass was completed in 1981 as one of a number of upgrades to Highway 17 between Ottawa and North Bay. It was intended for directing through traffic around downtown Arnprior and was designed for an eventual upgrade to a divided freeway.
The MTO plans to further extend Highway 417 westerly through the Ottawa Valley by twinning and realigning the existing route to a four-lane freeway beyond Arnprior, where it presently merges into a two-laned Highway 17. No immediate construction timelines have been announced, but route planning has been completed to Pembroke, with a bypass to the east of the Cobden area. Planning and construction efforts to upgrade Highway 17 through Sudbury and east of North Bay have prompted speculation that Highway 417 will continue to be extended west through Northern Ontario.
Highway 417 is currently being widened (from 4 lanes to 8 lanes) between Eagleson Road/March Road in Kanata to Palladium Drive, and (from 4 lanes to 6 lanes) from Carp Road, to Highway 7. This work is expected to be completed by 2014, concurrent with the twinning of Highway 7 from the 417 to Carleton Place.
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