The province continues to support travel across Northern Ontario. The government has invested $527(m) million to the Northern Highways Program to support highway rehabilitation and expansion with one of the key projects being the continued expansion of Highway 69 between Parry Sound and Sudbury, with 20 kilometres currently under construction. The improvements are making travel across the north safer and more efficient for residents and visitors while sustaining and creating more than 5000 jobs each year. Northern Ontario has almost 11,000 kilometres of highway, about 60 per cent of the entire provincial highway network and since 2003, the province has improved over 4,000 kilometres of highway and 245 bridges and constructed 582 kilometres of new four-lane highway along with 123 new bridges throughout Northern Ontario.
