A program to train as many as 60 people in key construction skills has received more than $700,000 in seed funding from the provincial government.

Several of the eight projects being funded include construction on roadways and pedestrian and cycling infrastructure.

The associations have thrown their support behind the publicly developed technology as a tool for helping to contain the spread of COVID-19.

One of two tunnels under highways 401 and 409 is officially excavated, with the other scheduled for completion by the end of this year.

The preliminary route for a new highway in the northern GTA will see a connection between Vaughan and Mississauga via Bolton and Brampton.