project. Another $115 million 6.5 km project began in 2010 to connect the south and north segments, completing the carriageway to Wakefield in October 2014.

Beginning in June 2008, the MTQ began replacing the concrete surface from Ottawa to Saint-Joseph Boulevard with asphalt after multiple incidents in which pieces of concrete broke out from the surface including one that struck the windshield of a vehicle, killing its driver in November 2007. Construction was completed by