Bill 181 explained in plain English
Reducing Gridlock and Improving Traffic Flow Act, 2014
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This Act mandates the creation of an advisory committee to recommend improvements for managing highway incidents in Ontario, to be reported on by the relevant Ministers to the Legislative Assembly.
The Reducing Gridlock and Improving Traffic Flow Act, 2014, requires the Minister of Transportation, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, and the Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police to establish an advisory committee. This committee must analyze highway incident management and develop a plan to improve it. The committee is to be formed within 60 days of the Act receiving Royal Assent and must deliver a report with recommendations within eight months of its establishment. The recommendations should focus on public education for driver behaviour, reducing incident detection and clearance times, providing timely information to drivers, and enhancing highway safety. Within 60 days of receiving the committee's report, the Ministers must inform the Legislative Assembly about which recommendations they will implement. The Act also defines what constitutes a 'highway incident' and specifies its commencement date.
- Requires the Minister of Transportation, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, and the Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police to establish an advisory committee on highway incident management.
- Specifies that the committee must be established within 60 days of the Act receiving Royal Assent.
- Requires the committee to analyze highway incident management and develop a comprehensive program to improve it.
- Mandates that the committee report to the Ministers within eight months of its establishment.
- Requires the committee's report to include recommendations on public education for driver behaviour, reducing incident detection and clearance times, providing timely information to drivers, and enhancing highway safety.
- Requires the Ministers to inform the Legislative Assembly of their planned implementation of the committee's recommendations within 60 days of receiving the report.
- Defines the term 'highway incident'.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Minister of Transportation
- Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
- Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police
- Members of the advisory committee
- Municipalities
- Police forces
- Emergency medical services
- Other road users
- Drivers
- Emergency personnel
- Tow truck drivers
- Highway repair and maintenance workers
- The public
- Obligation for the Ministers and Commissioner to establish an advisory committee within 60 days of Royal Assent.
- Obligation for the committee to analyze highway incident management and develop an improvement program.
- Obligation for the committee to report to the Ministers within eight months of establishment.
- Obligation for the Ministers to inform the Legislative Assembly of implemented recommendations within 60 days of receiving the committee's report.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The advisory committee must be established within 60 days after the Act receives Royal Assent.
- The committee must report within eight months after its establishment.
- The Ministers must inform the Assembly within 60 days after the committee reports to them.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council may prescribe remuneration and expenses for committee members by regulation.
- The specific remuneration and expenses for committee members are not detailed in the Act and may be prescribed by regulation.
- The Act does not specify the exact composition of the advisory committee beyond requiring persons with expertise and representatives of relevant organizations.
The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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