ontario regulation 618/05

made under the

highway traffic act

Made: November 30, 2005
Filed: December 1, 2005
Published on e-Laws: December 2, 2005
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: December 17, 2005


designation of Bus By-Pass shoulders on king’s highway

Designation of bus by-pass shoulders

1. (1) Those parts of the King’s Highway described in Schedule 1 are designated as having paved shoulders for use by a bus operated in accordance with a licence issued under the Public Vehicles Act and an authorization provided by the Ministry by,

(a) the Greater Toronto Transit Authority, also known as GO Transit; or

(b) Mississauga Transit.

(2) A paved shoulder on a part of the King’s Highway designated under subsection (1) may also be used by,

(a) an emergency vehicle, as defined in section 144 of the Act, being operated by a person in the performance of his or her duties;

(b) a vehicle being operated by a police officer in the lawful performance of his or her duties;

(c) a vehicle owned or leased by the Crown in right of Ontario being operated, in the lawful performance of his or her duties, by an officer appointed for enforcing and carrying out the provisions of the Act; and

(d) a road service vehicle actively engaged in road construction or maintenance activities on or near the paved shoulder.

(3) No person shall operate or stop a motor vehicle on a paved shoulder of a part of the King’s Highway designated under subsection (1) except as described in clause (1) (a) or (b) or clause (2) (a), (b), (c) or (d).

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply where it is impossible to avoid a temporary contravention of it due to,

(a) an emergency; or

(b) a vehicle being disabled while on a highway.

Signs marking bus by-pass shoulders

2. (1) A paved shoulder on a part of the King’s Highway designated under section 1 shall be marked with the following ground mounted signs:

1. A sign that has the dimensions and bears the markings illustrated in Figure 1.

2. In an area designated in the Schedule to the French Language Services Act, a sign that has the dimensions and bears the markings illustrated in Figure 2, in addition to a sign described in paragraph 1.

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(2) The commencement of a paved shoulder on a part of the King’s Highway designated under section 1 shall be marked with the following ground mounted signs:

1. A sign that has the dimensions and bears the markings illustrated in Figure 3.

2. In an area designated in the Schedule to the French Language Services Act, a sign that has the dimensions and bears the markings illustrated in Figure 4, in addition to a sign described in paragraph 1.

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(3) The end of a paved shoulder on a part of the King’s Highway designated under section 1 shall be marked with the following ground mounted signs:

1. A sign that has the dimensions and bears the markings illustrated in Figure 5.

2. In an area designated in the Schedule to the French Language Services Act, a sign that has the dimensions and bears the markings illustrated in Figure 6, in addition to a sign described in paragraph 1.

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(4) The dimensions of a sign may be greater than the dimensions prescribed in subsection (1), (2) or (3) so long as each dimension is increased and, when increased, has the same relation to the other dimensions of the sign as the prescribed dimensions have to each other. 

(5) A ground mounted sign shall be erected on the side of the highway facing approaching traffic.

Revocation

3. Regulation 580 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked.

Commencement

4. This Regulation comes into force on the later of December 1, 2005 and the day this Regulation is filed.

Schedule 1
Highway No. 403

1. That portion of the King’s Highway known as Highway No. 403 in the City of Mississauga in The Regional Municipality of Peel,

(a) in the eastbound direction, between a point situate 260 metres measured easterly from the intersection of Highway No. 403 with the centre line of Erin Mills Parkway and a point situate 607 metres measured westerly from the intersection of Highway No. 403 with the centre line of Mavis Road;

(b) in the westbound direction, between a point situate 737 metres measured westerly from the intersection of Highway No. 403 with the centre line of Mavis Road and a point situate 210 metres measured easterly from the intersection of Highway No. 403 with the centre line of Erin Mills Parkway.

Made by:

Harinder Jeet Singh Takhar

Minister of Transportation

Date made: November 30, 2005.