Web of Connections — who profits when Ford decides
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Scandal
Highway 413 / Bradford Bypass
>$10B
Ford revived two cancelled highway megaprojects — the $8.6–12 billion Highway 413 and the $2–4 billion Bradford Bypass — despite independent studies showing negligible traffic benefits. Developers who own thousands of acres along both routes donated over $800,000 to Ford's PCs. Both projects were shielded from meaningful federal environmental review.
Connections (6)
- Silvio De Gasperis
- Frank Klees
- Peter Van Loan
- Doug Ford
- TACC (TACC Construction / TACC Developments, De Gasperis family)
- January Properties — $20.5M for 94 acres