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As the extension of Highway 400 approaches Sudbury, with planned completion in 2017, the MTO began a route planning and environmental assessment study on Highway 17 easterly from the Highway 69 to Markstay in 2010 ; studies for the segment from Highway 69 westerly to the existing freeway in Walden were completed in 2007.

Current plans, though only initial, involve extending the terminus of the freeway segment of Highway 69, southeast of Sudbury, north to meet a new Highway 17 alignment.

Portions of the Southeast Bypass will be utilized for this new freeway, but several possible corridors have been identified east of there.