Tenth Line Road Interchange

The Tenth Line Road interchange to Hwy 17 was controversial from the beginning. Because of it proximity to the Champlain interchange, the eastbound exit ramp had to go under the new bridge and meet St Joseph Blvd east of the new Tenth Line Road. Many people objected to this poor design, saying that the intersection would not function properly. The community association sent briefs to the designers, and president George Blake went to Toronto to object to the deputy minister of transportation, all in vain. However the designers suddenly discovered that the intersection would not function, and proposed to keep open the old Tenth Line Road up the hill. This upset the residents on Norview who backed onto the road, who had been told that old Tenth Line Road would be closed; they took to municipality to the OMB over this. In the end, we have the present structure which, although it looks a bit strange, is much better than what we had before.