{"id":18413,"date":"2023-07-26T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T05:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gannettfleming.com\/?post_type=portfolio&p=18413"},"modified":"2024-07-15T13:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:56:45","slug":"queen-elizabeth-way-qew-highway-rehabilitation","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.gannettfleming.com\/project\/queen-elizabeth-way-qew-highway-rehabilitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) Highway Rehabilitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row padding_bottom_multiplier=”custom” columns_gap=”50″][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) Highway Rehabilitation” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”h1-bold-large-red-48px”]

<\/div><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=”Our Client\u2019s Challenge” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23333f48″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”h2-bold-28px”][vc_column_text css=””]Queen Elizabeth Way<\/a> (QEW) is a 400-series highway in Ontario linking Toronto with the regional municipalities of Niagara and Buffalo, New York. Beginning at the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie<\/a>, the QEW travels 140 kilometers around the western end of Lake Ontario, past Highway 405 in Niagara-on-the-Lake and ends at Highway 427 in Toronto.<\/p>\n

The QEW is one of Ontario\u2019s busiest highways, with an average of 200,000 vehicles per day within certain sections. It is the only highway link between Toronto and the Niagara region and experiences a flood of tourist traffic during the summer months.<\/p>\n

High traffic volume and Canada\u2019s harsh winters wear down the highway\u2019s pavement, necessitating the Ministry of Transportation Ontario <\/a>(MTO) to prepare highway design planning for repair and resurfacing to improve safety and extend the highway\u2019s service life throughout some of Ontario\u2019s most populated communities.[\/vc_column_text]

<\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Our Solution” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23333f48″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” el_class=”h2-bold-28px”][vc_column_text]MTO retained Gannett Fleming to provide detailed design and contract preparation services for rehabilitating approximately 7 kilometers of the QEW<\/a> from Seventh Street to Niagara Street through downtown St. Catharines, Ontario, going over the Henley Bridge and connecting with King\u2019s Highway 406 that leads to Highway 58, the Welland Canal, and the QEW Glendale Avenue York Road Diverging Diamond Interchange.<\/p>\n

Our work also includes rehabilitating:<\/p>\n