CALEDON, Ont. — Construction on Highway 413 north of Toronto will begin within days, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday.

But Ford and Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria refused to say when the highway will be completed and how much it will cost taxpayers.

“We’ll continue to work with those in the industry to accelerate it and get it done as quickly as possible,” Sarkaria said at a news conference outside a highway truck inspection station in Caledon, Ont.

The proposed 52-kilometre highway will connect Highway 400 in Vaughan with Highway 401 in Mississauga.

The province has awarded two contracts to begin the work, one to Fermar Paving for an embankment at the Highway 401 and Highway 407 interchange, and the second to Pave-Al to resurface Highway 10 in Caledon.

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