Bill 10 explained in plain English
Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act (Noise Remediation), 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This bill requires the Ontario Minister of Transportation to set noise level standards for highways, assess noise levels after construction or alterations, and take action to reduce noise if it exceeds standards by five decibels or more within three years.
This bill, the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act (Noise Remediation), 2010, adds new requirements for the Minister responsible for highways in Ontario. It requires the Minister to establish standards for acceptable noise levels on highways and to publish these standards. After a highway is constructed, extended, or altered, the Minister must assess the noise levels. If the noise level is found to be five decibels or more above the established standard, the Minister must take action to reduce the noise to meet the standard within three years. The bill also states that these new requirements do not affect existing rights to compensation for land damage caused by 'injurious affection' under the Expropriations Act. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may also make regulations related to these new provisions.
- Amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act.
- Requires the Minister to establish and publish standards for acceptable noise levels on highways.
- Requires the Minister to assess noise levels on highways after they are constructed, extended, or altered.
- Requires the Minister to take remedial action to reduce highway noise if it exceeds established standards by five decibels or more within three years of completion of construction, extension, or alteration.
- Clarifies that these new provisions do not affect rights to compensation for injurious affection under the Expropriations Act.
- Allows the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations concerning the implementation of these new provisions.
- The Minister of Transportation for Ontario
- Owners of land adjacent to highways that are constructed, extended, or altered
- The public, through potential noise reduction measures on highways
- Minister's obligation to establish and publish highway noise standards.
- Minister's obligation to assess highway noise levels after construction, extension, or alteration.
- Minister's obligation to take remedial action to reduce noise if it exceeds standards by five decibels or more within three years.
- Landowners' right to compensation for injurious affection under the Expropriations Act is preserved.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Potential costs for the Minister to undertake remedial action to reduce highway noise.
- The bill requires the Minister to take remedial action if noise levels exceed standards, but it does not specify penalties for non-compliance.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes 'remedial action'.
- The bill does not specify the exact process for establishing the noise standards, beyond requiring them to be published in The Ontario Gazette.
- The bill does not specify the exact methodology for assessing noise levels.
- The bill does not specify penalties for the Minister if remedial action is not taken.
- The details regarding transitional matters, powers, duties, and functions of the Minister and other bodies are subject to future regulations by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
Adds a new section (26.0.1) to establish standards for highway noise levels, require noise assessments, and mandate remedial action if noise levels exceed standards.
Source: Section 1
Excludes the new highway noise standards from the typical regulatory process outlined in Part III of the Legislation Act, 2006. This means the standards set by the Minister under this new section do not have to follow the usual procedures for making regulations.
Source: Section 1 (2)
Confirms that the new noise remediation requirements do not impact the existing rights of landowners to be compensated for damages caused by 'injurious affection'.
Source: Section 1 (6)
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