
The Issue
The province of Ontario is recklessly putting the cart before the horse by starting to build the Bradford Bypass before necessary research and planning have been completed.
They are building a bridge at Yonge St. north of Bradford in the fall of 2022 without committing to manage:
- Impacts on human health, climate change, or Lake Simcoe;
- The cumulative effects of the loss of fish habitat over the entire project;
- Salt pollution in Lake Simcoe: In 37 years, Lake Simcoe could reach the chronic guideline level of salinity. A salt-spewing highway will hasten this change;
- Current and future local traffic congestion;
- There is also no budget and no complete engineered drawings of the highway.
This is no way to protect Lake Simcoe and its fish!
Want to know more? Bradford Bypass Timeline: A Story in Brief

10,000 people, seven municipalities, and 63 organizations have asked for additional provincial or federal impact assessment for this highway.
Neither level of government has agreed, and we are not satisfied with their reasons.
Get Involved in this grassroots effort to Stop the Bradford Bypass. Email rescuelakesimcoecoalition@gmail.com.

Our Advocacy
Municipal
- Letter to municipalities to reconsider Bradford Bypass support
- Sample Letter to Lake Simcoe municipalities re Bradford Bypass
Provincial
- Letter to the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks re. Bradford Bypass and Upper York Sewage System
- Bradford Bypass Letter to Minister Mulroney
Federal
- Letter to Minister Guilbeault Dec 9,2022, re protecting biodiversity in southern Ontario
- Bradford Bypass: Letter supporting Federal EA Request (Sign-ons from groups) December 2021
- Bradford Bypass: Update letter to Federal Minister of Environment December 2021
- Bradford Bypass: Federal Impact Assessment Request November 2021
- Bradford Bypass: Request for Federal Review of Environmental Assessment
In The Media
December 15, 2022 – Ontario is poised to double the size of the Bradford Bypass, documents suggest
December 9, 2022 – LETTER: Local groups urge feds to protect natural areas
November 9, 2022 – CTV News: Construction to begin on bridge crossing over future Bradford Bypass
October 14, 2022 – OrilliaMatters.com: Bradford Bypass will ’cause harm’ to Lake Simcoe, fish: critics
September 28, 2022 – National Observer: ‘This is what’s in danger’: Requiem for the Holland Marsh
May 27, 2022 – OrilliaMatters.com: THE BIG READ: Inside the endless battle over the Bradford Bypass