Help us Rename Highway 420

Background

At the March 23rd, 2009 meeting, Niagara Falls City Council unanimously passed a brought forward by Councillor Pietrangelo that staff investigate the renaming of Highway 420 and solicit suggestions from the public.

A number of Provincial highways have been renamed. A stretch of Highway 401 was recently renamed the Highway of Heroes. The nearby Highway 405 was designated as the General Brock Parkway in 2006.

The process for the designating of a Provincial highway is as follows:

• Define the limits of the highway to be dedicated;
• Identify the group or individual being posthumously recognized;
• Provide supporting rationale for the proposal;
• Include a Council resolution from each Municipality/First Nation that the highway passes through supporting the highway dedication.
• Provide written support of the highway dedication from the MPP(s) of the riding(s) that the highway passes through.

Final approval of a highway dedication shall rest with the Minister of Transportation or his/her designee and must be obtained prior to proceeding with the implementation of a highway dedication.

Highway 420 runs between the Queen Elizabeth Way and Roberts Street in Niagara Falls.

Submissions Complete

We are no longer accepting submissions to rename the Highway 420. We will report back soon with the preferred name.