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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOES 32-04PICKERING REPORT TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Report Number: OES 32-04 Date: September 24, 2004 From: Richard W. Holborn, P.Eng. Division Head, Municipal Property & Engineering Subject: Municipal Bridge Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight Restrictions By-laws to revise load limits Recommendations: That Report OES 32-04 regarding the establishment of safe load limits on municipal bridges be received; and that; City Council pass the attached Draft By-Law limiting the gross vehicle weight of any vehicle or any class thereof, passing over certain bridges, under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Pickering. Executive Summary: The Highway Traffic Act and Bridge Act require that every bridge and or structure be kept safe and in good repair through periodic inspections under the direction of a Professional Engineer and in accordance with the provisions of the Ontario Structure Inspection Manual, or equivalent. Further, The Highway Traffic Act establishes that municipalities "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". Subject to the above, staff hereby present a proposed by-law which identifies the new established maximum weight load limits on all bridges under the jurisdiction of the City and which repeals the previously established associated by-laws. Financial lmplications: This review is part of a undertaken every two years to conform with legislation. implications associated with the passing of this by-law. comprehensive inspection There are no other financial Report OES 32-04 Date: September 24, 2004 Subject: Municipal Bridge Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight Restrictions Page 2 By-laws to revise load limits Background: In April of 2002, staff presented report OES 014-02 to the Finance and Operations Committee. The report, as adopted by the Committee and approved by Council: · identified the maximum vehicle load limits established as a result of the inspections on the four (4) bridges currently under the jurisdiction of the City of Pickering, · presented for Council endorsement, the draft by-law necessary for bridge load designation, · established the necessary schedules for signature by two Professional Engineers certifying the safe load limits and the duration for which the limits apply. As the recent construction of the new Rosebank Road bridge (north of Toynevale Road) has been completed, the maximum vehicular weight capacity of the new structure exceeds 20 tonnes and municipal load restrictions are no longer necessary. Therefore, By-law 5976/02 is now redundant and will be repealed by the new proposed bylaw attached. City of Pickering By-laws 5977/02, 5978/02 and 5979/02 also established maximum gross vehicle weight load limits for the following three additional bridges under the jurisdiction of the City of Pickering (for location see map attached): Bridge Location Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight Previous By-law Proposed By-law Sideline 34 (0.4 km south of 8th Concession Road) 11 tonnes 11 tonnes 8th Concession Road, (0.10 km west of Sideline 34) 15tonnes 15tonnes Pickering/Uxbridge Townline, (0.10 km east of Sideline 30) 11 tonnes 11 tonnes As the two year certification periods identified on Schedules "A" to By-laws 5977/02, 5978/02 and 5979/02 have expired, the affected municipal bridges have been re- inspected and re-certified. The proposed new by-law attached sets the new (same as previous limits) maximum gross vehicle weights and the durations for which they apply. Although a sample schedule has been provided with the attached draft by-law, if passed by Council, a completed schedule will be signed and sealed by two (2) professional engineers and will form part of the new by-law. Report OES 32-04 Date: September 24, 2004 Subject: Municipal Bridge Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight Restrictions Page 3 By-laws to revise load limits Attachments: 1. Location Map 2. Draft By-law and schedules Prepared By: uvnhard W. Hj~born, P.Eng. ision Hea~l, icipal Property & Engineering Approved / Endorsed By,'. Everett BuntS( '~ Director, Operations & Emergency Services RH:ds Attachments Copy: Chief Administrative Officer City Clerk Pickering .~_~,homas J. ~!j,~'n, Ci~ Administrative Officer SUBJECT LOCATION Go _ © TRAN S-- CANADA ~ PI it; SUBJECT _~ O ~ EIGHTH OPERATIONS & EMERGENCY ~._ , ~ ~,~ ~A~ ENGINEERING REPORT ~, .,o, ~ BRIDGE LOAD BY-LAW 1¢1( ]K~I~(; N.T.S. SEPT 29~2004 L'\MPandE~Thema#c Idapplng\l, laps\MP~E- Tra£flcI 4~¢achment for Reporf\2004\2¢04 T-Reporf-16. dwg THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING BY-LAW NO. /04 Being a by-law to limit the gross vehicle weight of any vehicle or 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. H8, 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 tones 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 I of Schedule "A" to this by-law where the gross weight exceeds that set out in Column II of Schedule "A" to this by-law. This by-law shall not become effective until a notice of the 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. H8, 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 5976/02, 5977/02, 5978~02 and 5979/02 are repealed. BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this __ 2004. day of Dave Ryan, Mayor Bruce Taylor, City Clerk Schedule "A" to By-law No. /04 COLUMN I Bridge Location COLUMN II Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight amending by-law Sideline 34, 0.4 km south of 8th Concession Road 8th Concession Road, 0.10 km west of Sideline 34 Pickering/Uxbridge Towntine, 0.10 km east of Sideline 30 11tonnes 15tonnes 11tonnes /04 /04 /04 Schedule "B" to By-law No. /04 I and , professional engineers of the consulting firm of Totten Sims Hubicki Associates, 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 this by-law, I agree with the recommended gross vehicle weight limit as set out in By-law No. /04 for a period of twenty-four (24) months. Signature Signature Dated: