Welcome to the Highway 6 Little Current Swing Bridge Project. The Ministry of Transportation, Ontario (MTO) is undertaking a Detail Design and Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) for the replacement of the Highway 6 Little Current Swing Bridge located in the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands in Northeastern Ontario.
The bridge provides year-round highway access between the community of Little Current and Manitoulin Island and mainland areas of Northern Ontario. The preliminary design for the new bridge was confirmed through the Planning, Preliminary Design and Class EA study previously completed in 2023. The Preliminary recommended design includes the replacement of the Little Current Swing Bridge with
a new through-truss swing bridge situated on a new alignment, located approximately 80 m west of the existing bridge.
Stantec Consulting Limited (Stantec) was retained by the MTO to complete the Detail Design and Class EA Study for this assignment.
You are encouraged to participate in the study and to provide comments in writing to the project team. If you wish to have your name added to the project mailing list please click here to contact the project team.
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Notice of Study Commencement
A Notice of Study Commencement has been published in local newspapers and distributed to property owners in the study area, Provincial and Federal Government Agencies, Municipalities, Indigenous communities, and stakeholders. At this time the project team is gathering existing information about the study area.