Welcome
Welcome to the website for the Preliminary Design and Class Environmental Assessment Study for the Highway 17 Four-Laning between the Manitoba / Ontario Border and Kenora.
The study is following the approved environmental planning process for Group “B” projects under the Ministry of Transportation’s Class Environmental Assessment for Provincial Transportation Facilities (2000) with the opportunity for public input throughout.
Project Update July 2025
The environmental assessment and preliminary design for Section 2 (between Highway 673 to Rush Bay Road) are ongoing. MTO has established a preferred alignment for the proposed twinning within Section 2 and is continuing to develop mitigation strategies to best address potential impacts and concerns prior to finalizing a Transportation Environmental Study Report (TESR).
The project team will notify everyone on the project contact list of future project milestones, such as the next public information centre and the start of the public review period for the Section 2 TESR. The construction timeline for Section 2 will be developed following the public review period.
WSP Canada Inc. has been retained by the Ministry of Transportation to undertake this study.
We encourage you to review the project website and submit your comments. This website will be updated regularly to provide information on project updates, Public Information Centres, and project documentation as it becomes available.
If you wish to be added to our study mailing list or submit comments or questions, please visit the Contact Us section of the website.
Last updated: July 2nd, 2025
Key Plan
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Project Updates
PIC #2 Details
PIC #2 for Section 2 was held on July 4th, 2024.
The materials presented at the PIC #2 can be found here:
Link to PDF of the Preferred Route:
If you would like to watch a video recording of PIC #2 please use the following links:
Notice of Public Information Centre #2
(Notice of PIC #2 was posted on June 14th, 2024, PIC Displays posted on July 4th, 2024)