Challinor Gets Council Support To Ask Province For Better Highway 401 Signage Through Milton

Town of Milton Ward 2 Local Councillor John Challinor II has garnered the support of Milton Council in his efforts to get the Province of Ontario to formally acknowledge Milton’s existence at all of the Highway 401 interchanges that take motorists into Canada’s fastest growing community.

His motion was seconded by Ward 1 Regional Councillor Colin Best and was unanimously approved by members of Council.

Once the Highway 401 interchange at Tremaine Road is completed later this year, there will be five exits into Milton, stretching from Trafalgar Road in the east to Guelph Line in the west, with James Snow Parkway, Regional Road 25 and Tremaine Road located in between.

Today, unlike at most interchanges across the province, Highway 401 motorists are not properly informed that they are entering Milton.

Mr. Challinor would like signage that informs motorists heading east towards Guelph Line or heading west towards Trafalgar Road that the next five interchanges exit into Milton. He would also like motorists informed that when they head south on those five interchanges, they are heading into Milton.

He added that motorists should also be informed that when they head south on some of those interchanges, they are also headed towards Oakville or Burlington, where appropriate. Similarly, when they head north, they should be informed that they are headed to Rockwood, Acton or Georgetown, where appropriate. CR