Highway 17 is the only east-west link between Kenora and the Manitoba / Ontario border. As part of the Trans-Canada Highway, it serves long-distance commercial and tourist traffic local community traffic and provides access to the lands surrounding the highway. Highway 17 is an essential component of the regional and provincial economies.
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is carrying out a study with the objective to develop a four-lane stretch of Highway 17 between the Manitoba / Ontario Border and Kenora.
WT has been brought on to provide infrastructure cost engineering and cost management services to the Ministry.