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:
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- Impacts on human health, climate change, or Lake Simcoe;
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- The cumulative effects of the loss of fish habitat over the entire project;
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- 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;
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- Current and future local traffic congestion;
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- There is also no budget and no complete engineered drawings of the highway.
This is no way to protect Lake Simcoe and its fish!
Highway 413 & Bradford Bypass Explainer by The Narwhal
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.
Read: Bradford Bypass Final Decision Press Release
Get Involved in this grassroots effort to Stop the Bradford Bypass. Email rescuelakesimcoecoalition@gmail.com.

Our Advocacy
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In The Media
May 3, 2023- The Trillium: Bradford Bypass to cost at least $1 billion, Infrastructure docs show
May 1, 2023-Law Times: Environmental groups celebrate federal court ruling on the Bradford Bypass
May 1, 2023- YorkRegion: Lake Simcoe’s health is a ‘serious concern’: letter to the editor
April 28, 2023- BarrieToday: Bradford Bypass will cost more than $800M: Transport minister
April 28, 2023- YorkRegion.com: Federal court finds Bradford Bypass decision was unreasonable
April 25, 2023- Bradford Today: Denying federal impact assessment for Bradford Bypass ‘unreasonable’
Apr 22, 2023- Bradford Today: Environmentalists rallying in Holland Landing on Earth Day weekend
Apr 14, 2023- York Region: Open letter asks Ford government to step up in protecting Lake Simcoe
February 21, 2023- Aware Simcoe: LETTER: Province hasn’t been up front on Bradford Bypass
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