HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 8153/25The Corporation of the City Of Pickering
By-law No.
Being a by-law to limit the gross vehicle weight of any vehicle or any class thereof passing over a bridge under the jurisdiction
of the Corporation of the City of Pickering
pursuant to the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.H.8, as amended.
Whereas, pursuant to Section 123 (2) of the Highway Traffic Act R.S.O. 1990 C.H.8, as
amended, the municipal corporation or other authority having jurisdiction over a bridge may by by-law, limit the gross vehicle weight of any vehicle or any class thereof passing over the bridge.
Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as
follows:
In this by-law “gross vehicle weight” means the total weight in tonnes transmitted to the highway by a vehicle or combination of vehicles and load.
No vehicle or combination of vehicles or any class thereof, whether empty or loaded,
shall be operated over those bridges as set out in Column 1 and Column 2 of Schedule A to this by-law where the gross weight exceeds that set out in Column 3 of Schedule A to this by-law.
This by-law shall not become effective until a notice of the maximum limit of gross
vehicle weight permitted, legibly printed, has been posted in a conspicuous place at each end of the bridge.
Any person violating the provisions of this by-law is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine as provided in the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.
H.8, as amended from time to time.
That the engineers statement verifying the gross vehicle weight limit specified in Section 2 of this by-law are set out in Schedule B, attached and forms part of this by-law.
By-law Number 7999/23 is repealed.
By-law passed this 27th day of January 2025.
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Kevin Ashe, Mayor
________________________________ Susan Cassel, City Clerk
Schedule A
Bridge Load Limits
Column 1 Column 3
Bridge No. Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight
6003 15 tonnes
6004 20 tonnes
7001 25 tonnes
7002 15 tonnes
7004 10 tonnes
8001 15 tonnes
8003 20 tonnes
8004 20 tonnes
8007 20 tonnes
9003 20 tonnes
9006
Column 2
Bridge Location
North Road 0.4km south of Seventh Concession Road
Sideline 32 0.7km South of Seventh Concession Road
Seventh Concession Road 2.1km east of Markham-Pickering Townline Road
Seventh Concession Road 2.1km east of Markham-Pickering Townline Road
Sideline 34 0.2km South of Eighth Concession Road
Eighth Concession Road 0.3km east of Markham-Pickering Townline Road
Eighth Concession Road
0.9km west of Regional Road #23
Sideline 20
0.3km south of Regional Road #5
Sideline 12
0.1km south of Regional Road #5
Sideline 28
0.3km north of Regional Road #5
Sideline 4 1.4km north of Regional Road #5 10 tonnes
Schedule B
By-law
I ______________________________ and ______________________________,
Professional Engineers representing the consulting firm Keystone Bridge Management
Corporation, have reviewed the restriction of the gross vehicle weight passing over the
bridges as identified in the above noted by-law.
Effective as of the date of approval of the bylaw, I agree with the recommended gross
vehicle weight limit as set out in By-lawIRUDSHULRGRIWZHQW\IRXU PRQWKV
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Signed Signed
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Dated