Your commute on Highway 69 is about to get real
Bonjour du Nord — c'est Sudbury, on lâche pas. Let's go.
Voyons donc. You know, we talk about Highway 69 a lot up here, eh? And it's never good news. Well, ben là, it’s hit home again. A Sudbury couple, en route to their camp near Parry Sound, were just killed on that two-lane stretch of Highway 69. This isn't just another story; it's a gut punch for anyone who drives that road, which is pretty much everyone who needs to get anywhere south of us. This family's plea for the province to finally finish expanding this highway is a drill bit right into the heart of a problem we’ve been mining for decades.
### Why Are We Still Waiting?
It’s like the province gives us just enough to keep us quiet, but never the whole vein. They started expanding Highway 69 to four lanes way back when, and pieces of it are done. But the part that keeps eating up lives, that part between Sudbury and Parry Sound? Still two lanes. Still a nightmare. You drive past the slag pours south of Copper Cliff, past the Big Nickel, and you know you’re about to hit that bottleneck. It’s a road that's seen more fatal crashes than I care to count. This isn't just about traffic; it's about our friends, our neighbours, our own families making that drive.
* This latest tragedy involves a local Sudbury couple. * The family is demanding the province fulfil its long-standing promise to expand the highway. * The unexpanded section between Sudbury and Parry Sound remains a deadly corridor.
This isn’t some abstract issue for people down in Toronto, eh? This is our lifeline. This is how students get to Laurentian University, how families get to their cottages, how goods get in and out of the North. Every time there’s a crash, it's a reminder that we’re still waiting, still putting our lives on the line every time we merge onto that road. It’s like they don't see us up here.
Bonjour du Nord — c'est Sudbury, on lâche pas. Let's go.
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