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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOES 04-08 CiUI o~ REPORT TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Report Number: OES 04-08 Date: February 11, 2008 1 ., I From: Everett Buntsma Director, Operations & Emergency Services Subject: Reduced Load Highways Amendment to the Municipal Traffic & Parking By-law 6604/05 File: A-2130 Recommendation: 1. That Report OES 04-08 of the Director, Operations & Emergency Services regarding a proposed amendment to the municipal traffic by-law 6604/05 be received; and 2. That the attached draft by-law be enacted to amend By-law 6604/05 to provide for the regulation of reduced load periods on highways or parts of highways under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Pickering. Executive Summary: The authority for the enactment of a reduced load period is derived from the Highway Traffic Act. The intent of the reduced load designation is to limit the maximum vehicular loads on municipal roads which have not been constructed to a standard sufficient to accommodate heavy loads. This is for the protection of those roads from deterioration as a result of spring excess groundwater and intermittent freeze/thaw cycle conditions. The reduced load period is from March 1 to April 30 every year. The amendment as proposed via this report: . serves as an update to the existing by-law and, . re-establishes the reduced load designation from portions of Sandy Beach Road as previously removed to allow for specific construction works which could not be achieved expeditiously under reduced load period conditions and which no longer apply. Financial Implications: There are no financial implications of the passing of the By- law as the City has sufficient signs in stock. Report OES 04-08 February 11, 2008 Subject: Reduced Load Highways 1)1 Amendment to the Municipal Traffic & Parking By-law 6604/05 I '. Page 2 Sustainability Implications: The concerns as presented to staff and the recommendations as generated by staff are relevant to the social and economic lenses of sustainability by addressing traffic operations and their impacts on municipal infrastructure (roadway) management and preservation. Background: The Highway Traffic Act, Section 122 allows municipalities and authorities having jurisdiction over highways to designate by by-law reduced load periods and the highways or portion of highways thereof under its jurisdiction to which the designation applies. The City of Pickering's by-law stipulates the reduced load period as March 1 to April 30 every year. Via this update, staff propose to reinstate the temporary removal of the reduced load period designation from portions of Sandy Beach Road from March and April 2007 as the work has been completed. Also, due to the construction/expansion of the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant, certain roads within the Squires Beach area no longer exist and as such are hereby removed from the municipal by-law. Attachments: 1. Draft By-law Amendments Prepared By: Approved I Endorsed By: " 'l I f / / I L,. L' Everett Buntsma Director, Operations & Emergency Services 1 "-~''-.... .,~ .! J ,f , ,. .::.' "I' ilt ( id 1!J t I--Cr ,{ /"-,-:..'>0 Rt~ard W.l!6lborn, P. Eng .EJivision Head, Municipal Property & Engineering Report OES 04-08 February 11, 2008 '10 Subject: Reduced Load Highways Amendment to the Municipal Traffic & Parking By-law 6604/05 Page 3 RH:mp Attachments Copy: Chief Administrative Officer Manager, By-law Services Superintendent, Municipal Operations Recommended for the consideration of Pickering City rtmci d r/ I / ,...., _j~,f;5, oL/-ol1 ~ .f) L~ THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING BY-LAW NO. /08 Being a By-law to amend By-law 6604/05 to provide for the regulation of reduced load periods on Highways or parts of Highways under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Pickering. WHEREAS, By-law 6604/05, as amended, provides for the regulating of traffic and parking on highways, private property and municipal property within the City of Pickering; and NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, it is deemed expedient to amend By-law 6604/05 to update the reduced load restrictions on municipal highways provision of the municipal traffic by-law. NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. Schedule 12 to By-law 6604/05, as amended, is hereby further amended thereto by the following: SCHEDULE 12 REDUCED LOAD HIGHWAYS COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 HIGHWAY LIMITS (FROM/TO) AMENDING BY-LAW NO. DELETE Conmara Avenue Full limit Ingrid Road Full limit Jodrel Road Full limit Sandra Drive Full limit if , ,QQ-04--O& By-law No. tL ~ Page 2 f", /. Montgomery Park Road Susan Drive to Jodrel Road Susan Drive Full limit ADD Sandy Beach Road Bayly Street (Regional Road 22) to Montgomery Park Road 2. This By-law shall come into force on the date that it is approved by the Council of The City of Pickering. BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 2008. day of David Ryan, Mayor Debi A. Wilcox, City Clerk :") r, !~ ,;" BY-LAW NO. /08 THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING Being a By-law to amend By-law 6604/05 to provide for the regulation of reduced load periods on Highways or parts of Highways under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Pickering. WHEREAS, By-law 6604/05, as amended, provides for the regulating of traffic and parking on highways, private property and municipal property within the City of Pickering; and NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, it is deemed expedient to amend By-law 6604/05 to update the reduced load restrictions on municipal highways provision of the municipal traffic by-law. NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. Schedule 12 to By-law 6604/05, as amended, is hereby further amended thereto by the following: SCHEDULE 12 REDUCED LOAD HIGHWAYS COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 HIGHWAY LIMITS (FROM/TO) AMENDING BY-LAW NO. DELETE Conmara Avenue Full limit Ingrid Road Full limit Jodrel Road Full limit Sandra Drive Full limit By-law No. Page 2: Montgomery Park Road Susan Drive to Jodrel Road I) -" / I", t... . Susan Drive Full limit ADD Sandy Beach Road Bayly Street (Regional Road 22) to Montgomery Park Road 2. This By-law shall come into force on the date that it is approved by the Council of The City of Pickering. BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 2008. day of David Ryan, Mayor Debi A. Wilcox, City Clerk