{"id":29667,"date":"2021-04-28T04:58:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T08:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/?p=29667"},"modified":"2021-05-10T13:00:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:00:18","slug":"will-ontario-pave-paradise-new-multi-billion-dollar-parking-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/2021\/04\/28\/will-ontario-pave-paradise-new-multi-billion-dollar-parking-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Ontario pave paradise for a new multi-billion dollar parking lot?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario\u2019s proposed Highway 413 will increase transportation emissions in the province, increase suburban sprawl alongside the highway, and cause billions of dollars in damages from increased air pollution in nearby communities. That\u2019s the conclusion of Environmental Defence\u2019s new report: <a href=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Highway-413-Paving-Paradise-Report_Environmental-Defence.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Paving Paradise: The Impact of Highway 413 on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Air Pollution and Suburban Spraw<\/i>l.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transportation emissions have been rising in the GTHA and Canada-wide for years. The province\u2019s plan to build the multi-billion-dollar Highway 413 will make this trend worse by encouraging more people to drive longer distances and putting more cars and trucks on the road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6093 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/401_Gridlock-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/401_Gridlock-1024x682.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/401_Gridlock-300x200.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/401_Gridlock-768x512.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/401_Gridlock.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6093 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/401_Gridlock-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/401_Gridlock-1024x682.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/401_Gridlock-300x200.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/401_Gridlock-768x512.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/401_Gridlock.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript>Environmental Defence teamed up with Eunomia Research &amp; Consulting to calculate that the vehicles using Highway 413 will add up to to 700,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually by 2050 if today\u2019s vehicle mix remains unchanged. This would mean a cumulative total of 17.4 million tonnes of emissions by 2050, the same year the federal government has pledged to reach net-zero emissions. This is more pollution than the entire City of Toronto emitted in 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TAKE ACTION: <a href=\"https:\/\/act.environmentaldefence.ca\/page\/66231\/action\/1?ea.tracking.id=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TELL ONTARIO TO CANCEL HIGHWAY 413<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/act.environmentaldefence.ca\/page\/66231\/action\/1?ea.tracking.id=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11086 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/button_take_action.png\" alt=\"Red button that says &quot;take action&quot;\" width=\"235\" height=\"50\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 235px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 235\/50;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11086 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/button_take_action.png\" alt=\"Red button that says &quot;take action&quot;\" width=\"235\" height=\"50\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>Building a new 400-series highway would also mean direct health impacts on nearby communities. The risk of premature death from respiratory illnesses like asthma or lung cancer skyrockets for people who live close to a highway or major road. Our modelling shows that Highway 413 could cause up to $1.4 billion dollars in cumulative damages from air pollution by 2050. These damage costs will increase more quickly if developers build more suburban sprawl close to the highway, exposing more people to air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>To get a sense of how much Highway 413 could accelerate sprawl, we don\u2019t have to look far. Our report examines how quickly farmland and green spaces near the underused Highway 407 were converted to sprawl over the last thirty years. We can expect the same to happen to the land near Highway 413.\u00a0 This means more car-dependent communities with high carbon footprints, and more people exposed to damaging air pollution.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29665 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-12-stand-alone-1024x587.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-12-stand-alone-1024x587.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-12-stand-alone-300x172.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-12-stand-alone-768x440.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-12-stand-alone.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/587;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29665 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-12-stand-alone-1024x587.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-12-stand-alone-1024x587.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-12-stand-alone-300x172.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-12-stand-alone-768x440.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-12-stand-alone.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-29664 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-13-stand-alone-1024x534.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"344\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-13-stand-alone-1024x534.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-13-stand-alone-300x156.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-13-stand-alone-768x400.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-13-stand-alone.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1426w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 660px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 660\/344;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-29664\" src=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-13-stand-alone-1024x534.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-13-stand-alone-1024x534.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-13-stand-alone-300x156.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-13-stand-alone-768x400.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-13-stand-alone.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 1426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/noscript>Even in an extremely optimistic scenario where all governments deliver much stronger action to get electric vehicles on the road, Highway 413 will still lock in a cumulative total of about 13 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, an annual total of about 350,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, and over a billion dollars in cumulative damages from air pollution by 2050. No matter how you spin it, building Highway 413 will have devastating impacts to our health, climate, farmland and green spaces. This is the opposite of the healthy future Ontarians want and deserve.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29666 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-7-stand-alone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"517\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-7-stand-alone.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 966w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-7-stand-alone-300x161.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-7-stand-alone-768x411.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 966px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 966\/517;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29666\" src=\"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-7-stand-alone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-7-stand-alone.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 966w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-7-stand-alone-300x161.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2399578.smushcdn.com\/2399578\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-7-stand-alone-768x411.png?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/noscript>Highway 413 is still only sketched out on paper. It\u2019s not too late to listen to reason and take the path towards net-zero by prioritizing affordable, accessible public transit, and walkable, bikeable, communities in all corners of the GTHA. Ontario\u2019s current government should look at the facts and evidence before them, and cancel this highway again, this time for good.<\/p>\n<p>You can take action now by telling your MPP and Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney that you want the province to <a href=\"https:\/\/act.environmentaldefence.ca\/page\/66231\/action\/1?ea.tracking.id=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cancel Highway 413.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay up-to-date on Environmental News. 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