Long before the Ford government scrapped a “developer-proposed” realignment of Highway 413 , the premier was warned that rerouting the expressway would lead to significant delays and a cascading impact on other nearby projects.

A confidential government briefing, obtained by Global News , outlines a major alteration to the highway’s current route in Caledon to avoid two properties that are currently slated for housing development.

To accommodate those properties, owned by developer Nick Cortellucci, the government considered realigning the highway up to 600 metres and moving or eliminating the Chinguacousy Road interchange altogether.

“As is standard practice in the development of major government infrastructure projects, this proposal — along with others submitted by municipal of

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