07-18-2024 - No. 10The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Resolution
The Honourable Doug Ford
Premier of Ontario
Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M7A 1A1
Sent via email: premier(cD_ontario.ca
Re: MTO Median Barriers on QEW
This is to advise that at the July 16, 2024 Council Meeting in the City of Niagara Falls, the
following resolution was adopted with respect to the above noted matter:
No. 10
Moved by: Councillor Lori Lococo
Seconded by: Councillor Mona Patel
July 18, 2024
Whereas the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) forms an integral transportation link of
provincial and national importance between the Greater Toronto Area and the United
States, passing through the Regional Municipality of Niagara before terminating at the
Peace Bridge in the Town of Fort Erie, and
Whereas unprecedented growth through migration from the Greater Toronto Area in
Niagara and the Town of Fort Erie has increased traffic on the Queen Elizabeth Way as
more motorists use the highway for both business and pleasure between our community
and the rest of the Greater Golden Horseshoe and United States, and
Whereas while much of the Queen Elizabeth Way has been upgraded, the section
between Niagara Falls and Fort Erie retains its original early-to-mid-20th century cross-
section with an unprotected grass median of unequal grade and substandard width, and
Whereas increases in traffic volume on the Queen Elizabeth Way increase the risk of
cross -over head-on collisions of devastating consequences that the narrow grass median
is unable to deflect, and
Whereas other divided highways in the province, such as Highway 403 in Brantford and
the twinned sections of Highway 11, have had guide rails installed along the left
shoulders to deflect traffic from crossing the narrow grass median;
Now, therefore, be it resolved,
That: The Municipal Council of the City of Niagara Falls requests that the Ministry of
Transportation Ontario investigate and implement a guide rail, cable barrier or other
suitable means of deflection to prevent and mitigate the risks of cross -over collisions on
the Queen Elizabeth Way between Lyon's Creek Road in the City of Niagara Falls and
Thompson Road in the Town of Fort Erie, and further
That: This resolution be circulated to The Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario,
The Honourable Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria, Minister of Transportation, The Honourable
Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure, and Wayne Gates, MPP for Niagara Falls, and
Further
That: This resolution be circulated to the Regional Municipality of Niagara and the other
Members of Provincial Parliament representing Niagara Constituencies, and further
That: This resolution be sent to the Town of Fort Erie for their endorsement and
support.
AND The Seal of the Corporation be hereto affixed. Carried Unanimously
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WILLIAM G. MATSON, CITY CLERK JAMES M. DIODATI, MAYOR
If any further information is required, please contact the undersigned at 905-356-7521,
x4342.
Yours Truly,
Bill Matson
City Clerk, City of Niagara Falls