Speaker, the Bradford community’s economic potential is incumbent upon the success of this road project’s expansion. This road project will not only benefit residents and travellers, it’s pretty much the key to their downtown success—and that is so crucial. The people of Bradford deserve to have certainty when it comes to delivering on this project.

We have seen the Liberal track record regarding road expansion like the Bradford Bypass: broken dreams and delayed potential.

Speaker, to the Minister of Transportation, can she tell us how this project will help spur economic growth in York–Simcoe and beyond?

But what did the Liberal government do over the years? They delayed and cancelled. In 1986, the then David Peterson Liberal government cancelled the proposed project. It was brought back once more only to be cancelled by the then Dalton McGuinty-Kathleen Wynne Liberal government.

Our community desperately needs this road expansion project to be completed. Speaker, to the Minister of Transportation: Can she please elaborate on the public support we have seen for getting this project done?