Truckers should expect delays across 401 near Toronto: OPP
TORONTO, (March 9, 2005) – Hundreds of farmers in cars, pick-up trucks and tractors are swarming onto Hwy. 401 today en route to a massive protest at Queen’s Park.
The Ontario Provincial Police say a three-pronged convoy will affect several highways around the perimeter of the city. One group is arriving from the Oshawa-Whitby area east Toronto; a second is coming from the north along Highway 404, and the last convoy was to arrive from the west, along Highways 401 and 427 and the Gardiner Expressway.
Organizers say they expected about 600 tractors, and an additional few hundred cars and pick-ups to participate in the event.
Police, who have cautioned the farmers to limit their convoys to one lane, expect them to arrive at the Legislature around noon to commence a two-hour protest. The groups should begin hitting the highways for their trek home around 3:00 pm, just in time for the beginning of rush hour.
— from Canadian Press
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