Service Centres Construction Schedule

Phase One of Redevelopment

As the redevelopment of Ontario's Service Centre's moves forward, seven sites have undergone remediation activities in order to prepare them for the construction of new and modern facilities. In addition, environmental assessment work and design development has occurred in order to proceed with construction.

Construction began in November 2009 at:

• Bainsville (westbound), near the Quebec/Ontario border
• Tilbury South (eastbound) between Windsor and Chatham Kent
• Tilbury North (westbound) west of Chatham-Kent
• West Lorne (westbound) west of London
• Trenton North (westbound) west of Belleville
• Dutton (eastbound) east of Chatham-Kent
• Morrisburg (eastbound) east of Prescott

These sites were the first to close and they will be first ones to be modernized.

These service centres will reopen their doors in July 2010 with fuel, washrooms, parking and convenience stores.

By September 2010, when phase one of the modernization project is fully complete, these service centres will offer restaurants, family and fully accessible restrooms, tourist services at the gateway sites, and other new services and features.

All Phases of Redevelopment

The service centres redevelopment project will include demolition of outdated service centre buildings, excavation work and construction of new facilities. These activities have been sequenced to ensure the service centres open as quickly as possible. The reopening will take place in two stages: the newly modernized service centres will reopen and provide basic travel services including fuel, washrooms, parking and telephones; redevelopment will be fully completed within three months of opening and full services will be available to the traveling public.

The Ministry of Transportation and Host Kilmer Service Centres Inc. have developed a similar plan for subsequent phases. While reopening dates for the remaining Service Centres could be affected by the extent of clean-up activities, environmental remediation, as well as the environmental assessment process, the following schedule is currently projected:

Phase 2A:

• Mallorytown South, Mallorytown North, Ingleside and Trenton South, all located along Highway 401 East, are projected to reopen in spring 2011.

Phase 2B:

• Woodstock along Highway 401 West and Port Hope, and Napanee along Highway 401 East are slated to reopen in fall 2011.

Phase 3:

• Cookstown and Barrie centres along the Highway 400 corridor are projected to reopen in winter 2012.

Phase 4:

• Cambridge North and Cambridge South along Highway 401 West and King City along Highway 400, all of which are projected to reopen by winter 2012/2013.

To minimize impacts on travellers, we are working to ensure that the drivers are aware of privately operated and easily accessible alternative service areas located at and visible from interchanges along the highway that are open on a 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year basis. Once a service centre has been closed, special signs are being posted on the highway in advance of those service centres that do not have fuel or services indicating the exits at which 24/7 parking, fuel and food are available from private operators. These signs are also posted closer to those specific exits to remind drivers that those sites are coming up.