Infrastructure and the economy

The key to appreciate these issues, and particularly the opportunities, is to understand a little more of the trade-off between the infrastructure associated with electricity and vehicular requirements. [...] The GGH is the economic heartland of the Province of Ontario, home to more than 70% of its population, and the portion of the province that is most adversely affected by congestion, pollution, urban sprawl and other transportation-related issues. [...] Infrastructure investment in the GGH is essential, not only for the continuing development of the GGH, but for the economic and environmental health of the province as a whole. [...] The trends towards growth in population, auto-ownership, and travel observed in the Province of Ontario are strongly manifested in the GTHA and the GGH. [...] Tables 7(a) and (b) illustrate the distribution of daily trips between the City of Toronto, the rest of the GTHA, and the GGH (excluding the GTHA) in 2001 and 2006.