Bill 100 explained in plain English
Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act, 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act to require the construction of paved shoulders on certain highways during repaving or resurfacing, with specific width requirements and signage for pedestrians and cyclists, unless impracticable.
Bill 100, also known as the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Amendment Act, 2010, amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act. The bill requires the Minister of Transportation to construct paved shoulders on certain highways when they are significantly repaved or resurfaced. These shoulders must be at least one metre wide and marked with signs warning vehicles to watch for and share the road with pedestrians and cyclists. The Minister is not required to build a paved shoulder if it would be impracticable. Regulations will prescribe which highways or portions of highways are subject to these requirements.
- Amends the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act.
- Adds a new section (26.0.1) to the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act.
- Requires the Minister of Transportation to construct paved shoulders on prescribed highways or portions of highways when they are significantly repaved or resurfaced.
- Specifies that paved shoulders must extend at least one metre from the roadway.
- Mandates that the beginning of a paved shoulder be marked with a sign warning vehicles about pedestrians and cyclists.
- Allows for an exception to the construction requirement if it is impracticable.
- Requires the Minister to make regulations prescribing which King's highways or portions of highways are subject to this section.
- Minister of Transportation
- Drivers of vehicles
- Pedestrians
- Cyclists
- Obligation for the Minister of Transportation to construct paved shoulders on prescribed highways when undertaking significant repaving or resurfacing.
- Right for the Minister to not construct a paved shoulder if impracticable.
- Requirement for signage warning vehicles to watch for and share the road with pedestrians and cyclists.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill implies financial costs related to the construction of paved shoulders and signage, but specific amounts are not detailed.
- The bill does not specify penalties for non-compliance.
- The specific highways or portions of highways that require paved shoulders will be prescribed by regulations made by the Minister.
- The term 'impracticable' is not defined in the bill.
- The bill does not specify the exact design or materials for the paved shoulders beyond a minimum width and a requirement for them to be 'paved'.
- The bill does not detail the exact specifications for the warning signs.
The bill adds a new section to this Act requiring the construction of paved shoulders on certain highways under specific conditions, with exceptions and regulatory powers.
Source: Section 1
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