to the Moon River in February 2000. The majority of these three projects were built on a new alignment, with the former route of Highway69 becoming Lake Joseph Road and Oastler Park Road. Lake Joseph Road is maintained by the MTO as an unsigned highway. The portion south of Highway141 designated as Highway7289, and the northern portion as Highway7290. The Parry Sound Bypass, from Badger Road to the Seguin River, opened on November1, 2001; the section from Highway141 to Badger Road opened in October 2002; and the MacTier Bypass opened on October7, 2003. The Highway400 designation was extended northward from the Musquash River to the Seguin River following the opening of the MacTier Bypass, but the Highway69 designation remained in place as a concurrency. This was due a two lane gap between the Musquash and Moon Rivers, passing through the Wahta Mohawks territory, that came to be known as the Wahta Gap. The Territorial Reserve did not oppose the construction; however, the land was unobtainable due to a technicality requiring a minimum voter turnout of 65 percent. The land claim was settled by a vote held on October25, 2003. Following ratification, construction began in December 2004, and opened July15, 2008. Following its completion, Highway69 was truncated at what is now the south junction of Lake Joseph Road (Exit189) near MacTier, an overall reduction of over since prior to 1989. The City of Sudbury continued to lobby for the expansion of the highway, calling attention especially to an ongoing series of fatal car accidents at the intersection of Highway 637, where a sharp S-curve along Highway69 rendered the approaching intersection effectively invisible to northbound traffic. Assisted by Rick Bartolucci, the Liberal for Sudbury, the CRASH 69 (Community Rallying Against Substandard Highway69) committee of Sudbury residents campaigned throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s to have the project reinstated. Premier Harris' successor (and former MPP for Parry Sound—Muskoka), Ernie Eves, announced the resumption of construction between Parry Sound and Sudbury in 2002; however, the PCs did not commit to four-laning the entire route. The Liberal government of Dalton McGuinty came to power following the 2003 election with a promise to have a commitment in place within sixmonths. Construction began on a segment south of Sudbury to Estaire in January 2005, with route planning studies now completed for the remaining two-lane sections. In June of that year, construction began on a extension of