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The Goods Movement Strategy helps connect Guelph’s industries and businesses to the surrounding region and the North American freight system. The strategy works towards ensuring the efficient movement of goods and accommodates economic growth in Guelph.
Read the Goods Movement Strategy.
About the project
In January 2022, Council approved the updated Transportation Master Plan (TMP) to create a sustainable and resilient transportation network over the next 30 years. The City recognizes the importance of the safe and efficient movement of goods for Guelph’s economic livelihood and regional competitiveness. A recommendation of the City’s TMP is the development of a Goods Movement Strategy that will identify routing, design, and policy recommendations to improve mobility for goods movement today and into the future.
The City’s existing freight movement system consists of truck and rail freight operating on facilities owned by multiple parties (the City of Guelph, Ministry of Transportation, Guelph Junction Railway, Metrolinx, and Canadian National Railway). Other categories of goods movement on Guelph’s network include light duty vehicles (vans, pick-up trucks, etc.) and personal vehicles like Uber Eats and Skip The Dishes, etc.
In 2025, the City published its Goods Movement Strategy. The strategy will help the safe, efficient, and sustainable movement of raw materials and finished products.
For more information
Transportation Planning
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