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REPORT TO
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Report Number: OES 14-07
Date: April 1 0, 2007
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From:
Everett Buntsma
Director, Operations & Emergency Services
Subject:
Municipal Bridge Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight Restrictions
- By-law to establish load limits
File: A-2130
Recommendation:
1. That Report OES 14-07 regarding the establishment of safe load limits on
municipal bridges be received; and
2. That 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. The City of Pickering retains
Totten Sims Hubicki Associates to perform regular bridge inspections (every 2 years).
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 repeals the
previously established associated by-law and sets new maximum weight load limits on
the three bridges under the jurisdiction of the City which have been deemed through the
Engineer's inspection to require weight load limits.
Financial Implications: This review is part of a comprehensive inspection
undertaken every two years to conform with legislation. There are no other financial
implications associated with the passing of this by-law.
Report OES 14-07 April 10, 2007
Subject: Municipal Bridge Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight Restrictions
o 0 ;2 By-laws to establish load limits Page 2
Sustainability Implications: This report and the recommendations as generated by
staff are relevant to the social lens of sustainability by addressing municipal compliance
with legislative requirements, public safety and traffic operations and their impacts on
municipal infrastructure management and preservation.
Background: In September 2004, staff presented report OES 32-04 to the
Executive 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 three (3) bridges currently under the jurisdiction of the City of
Pickering to which load limits apply
. 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
City of Pickering By-law 6382/04 established the maximum gross vehicle weight load
limits for the following three bridges under the jurisdiction of the City of Pickering (for
location see map attached):
Bridqe Location
Bridqe
Number
Maximum Gross Vehicle Weiqht
Previous By-law
Proposed By-law
Sideline 34
(0.4 km south of Eighth
Concession Road)
7004
11 tonnes
11 tonnes
Eighth Concession Road
(0.10 km west of Sideline 34)
8001
15 tonnes
15 tonnes
Pickering/Uxbridge Townline
(0.10 km east of Sideline 30)
10002
11 tonnes
11 tonnes
As the two year certification periods identified on Schedules "B" to By-law 6382/04,
have expired, the affected municipal bridges have been re-inspected and re-certified.
Totten Sims Hubicki Associates (TSH) was retained by the City of Pickering in 2006 to
re-inspect approximately fifty six bridge and culvert structures on the City road system,
as an update to the 2004 re-inspection program. Their report prioritizes the
CORP0227-07/01 revised
Report DES 14-07
April 1 0, 2007
Subject: Municipal Bridge Maximum Gross Vehicle Weight Restrictions
By-laws to establish load limits
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maintenance, repair and replacement works for these structures and determines
structures that are required to be posted with a load limit.
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 as a requirement of the legislation and will form part of the new
by-law.
Attachments:
1. Letter from Totten Sims Hubicki Associates dated January 16, 2007
2. Location Map
3. Draft by-law and Schedules
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Operations & Emergency Services
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Attachments
Copy: Chief Administrative Officer
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City of Pickering
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Pickering, Ontario, Ll V 6K7
Attention:
Ms. Debi Bentley
City Clerk
Re: City of Pickering Bylaws
6382/04 - Sideline 34 - Bridge No. 31
6382/04 - 8th Concession Road - Bridge No. 32
6382/04 - Pickering/Uxbridge Townline - Bridge No. 43
Dear Ms. Bentley:
TSH was retained by the City in 2006 to reinspect all large structures on municipal road allowances to
satisfy legislated requirements.
We have reinspected the above noted structures and note that bylaw 6382/04 respecting posted load
limits expired in November, 2006.
Our updated recommendations for load postings are as follows:
· Bridge No. 7004 - Sideline 34 - 11 tonne load posting to remain
· Bridge No. 8001 - Concession 8 - 15 tonne load posting to remain
· Bridge No. 10002 - Pickering/Uxbridge Townline - 11 tonne load posting to remain
Please note Bridges 31, 32 and 43 in Bylaw 6382/04 were renamed Bridges 7004, 8001 and 10002
respectively in the 2006 Update.
Please prepare new load limit posting bylaws for Bridges 7004, 8001 and 10002 and forward to the
undersigned two (2) certified copies of the Bylaws which require completion of the engineers statement
verifying the gross vehicle weight limits specified in Section 2 of the Bylaws.
Yours ;}
D. C. Behm, P. Eng.
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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NO. /07
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, RS.O. 1990,
c.H.8, as amended.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 123 (2) of the Highway Traffic Act RS.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 class thereof
passing over the bridge.
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PICKERING
HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. 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.
2. 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 of Schedule
A to this by-law where the gross weight exceeds that set out in Column 2 of
Schedule A to this by-law.
3. 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.
4. 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, RS.O. 1990,
c. H.8, as amended from time to time.
5. 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.
6. By-law Number 6382/04 is repealed.
BY-LAW read a first, second and third time and finally passed this
2007.
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SCHEDULE A
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BY-LAW /07
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2
BRIDGE LOCATION MAXIMUM GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT
Sideline 34, .0.4km south of 11 tonnes
Eighth Concession Road
Eighth Concession Road, 15 tonnes
0.10km west of Sideline 34
Pickering/Uxbridge Townline, 11 tonnes
0.10km east of Sideline 30
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professional engineers of the consulting firm 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 the bylaw, I agree with the recommended gross
vehicle weight limit as set out in By-law /07 for a period of twenty four (24)months.
Signed
Signed
Dated