It originally did not comply with formal motorway specifications; it was built as a 2+2 lanes road without hard shoulders.

Small bridges in this section were initially built twice as wide as necessary, because a widening of the road was already anticipated in the original plans.

[1] The southern section upgraded to a six lane motorway was delivered between M1 and Highway 51 on 30 June 2013.

[2] This is the 18 kilometre long remaining section between Highway 10 and the oldest part of the M0 beginning at the M1 interchange.

Between 2001–2006 an archeological site of great scientific importance was unearthed when building the southeastern sector of the M0 motorway.