p42 s2 bill 59 b059 e.pdf

Ontario — Bills

2ND SESSION, 42ND LEGISLATURE, ONTARIO ELIZABETH II, 2021 Bill

An Act to amend the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act to make northern Ontario highways safer Mr. G. Bourgouin Private Member’s Bill 1st Reading December 1, 2021 2nd Reading 3rd Reading Royal Assent EXPLANATORY NOTE The Bill amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act in relation to standards for road maintenance in winter. New

section sets out a classification system for Ontario highways consisting of five classes of highways. The

section classifies all series highways, the QEW highway and highways and a s Class highways. The

section also sets out the time within which snow must be removed from each class of highway after each snowfall. Class highways have the strictest requirements for snow removal, requiring that the pavement be bare of snow within eight hours of the end of a snowfall. Bill

An Act to amend the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act to make northern Ontario highways safer Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: 1 The Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act is amended by adding the following section: Winter road maintenance 100

(1) The Minister shall ensure that, after snow has fallen on a highway, the snow is removed in accordance with this section. Class of highway

(2) For the purposes of this section, the following classes of highway are established: 1. Class 1, being any freeway, any highway with at least four lanes or any highway that , having regard to traffic volume or traffic quality, qualifies as a Class highway. 2. Class 2, being any major highway that is not a Class highway. 3. Class 3, being an intermediate highway. 4. Class 4, being a minor highway. 5. Class 5, being a local highway. Classification

(3) The Minister shall make a regulation classifying all highways within the jurisdiction of the Ministry based on the quality and quantity of traffic on the highway and such other criteria as may be prescribed, subject to subsection (4). Class highways

(4) The following highways are Class highways for purposes of this section: 1. Any highway that is a series highway. 2. The QEW highway. 3. Highway and highway 17, including portions of those highways that only have two lanes. Bare pavement standard

(5) Every highway of the following class shall meet the following snow removal standard after the end of a snowfall: 1. Class 1 — the entire pavement shall be bare of snow within eight hours of the end of the snowfall. 2. Class 2 — the entire pavement shall be bare of snow within 16 hours of the end of the snowfall. 3. Class 3 — the entire pavement shall be bare of snow within 24 hours of the end of the snowfall. 4. Class 4 — a strip of 2.5 metres in the centre of the highway shall be bare of snow within 24 hours of the end of the snowfall. 5.

Class 5 — the highway shall be plowed to a snow -packed driving surface within 24 hours of the end of the snowfall and sand shall be applied to improve friction. Commencement This Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Short title The

short title of this Act is the Making Northern Ontario Highways Safer Act, 2021.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	p42 s2 bill 59 b059 e.pdf
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p42 s2 bill 59 b059 e.pdf
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	f87d25ca97f42b5ff9a56813b051bcc634f6d34b

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