Ministry of Transportation of Ontario

"Department of Highways" redirects here. For other uses, see Ministry of Transport.

Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Agency overview
Ministère des transports (French)

Formed	1916
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Transportation and Communications Ministry of Highways Department of Highways Department of Public Highways
Jurisdiction	Government of Ontario
Headquarters	301 St. Paul Street St. Catharines 1201 Wilson Avenue Downsview 77 Wellesley Street West Toronto
Agency executives	Steven Del Duca, Minister of Transportation Carol Layton, Deputy Minister of Transportation Michael Colle, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister
Parent agency	Government of Ontario
Website	http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/

The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) is the provincial ministry of the government of Ontario which is responsible for transport infrastructure and related law in Ontario. The ministry traces its roots back over a century to the 1890s, when the province began training Provincial Road Building Instructors. In 1916, the Department of Highways (DOH) was formed and tasked with establishing a network of provincial highways. The first was designated on 1918, and by the summer of 1925, sixteen highways were numbered. In the mid-1920s, a new Department of Northern Development (DND) was created to manage infrastructure improvements in northern Ontario; it merged with the DOH on April 1, 1937. In 1972, the Department of Highways was reorganized as the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC), which then became the Ministry of Transportation in 1987.

The ministry is in charge of various aspects of transportation in Ontario, including the establishment and maintenance of the provincial highway system, the licensing and training of vehicles and drivers, and the policing of provincial roads, enforced by the Ontario Provincial Police.

The MTO is responsible for:

10.4 million registered vehicles
8.5 million drivers
55 driver examination centres & 37 travel points (both operated by Plenary Serco (PS) DES, as DriveTest Centres)
281 privately owned Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Offices across the province
Metrolinx (responsible for GO Transit, Union Pearson Express, and Presto card)
16525 kilometres of provincial highway
ServiceOntario kiosks

History

The province began training Provincial Road Building Instructors in 1896. These instructors worked to establish specifications for the almost 90,000 kilometres (56,000 mi) of county- and township- maintained roads. That same year, the Ontario Good Roads Association was formed. Under considerable pressure from the Good Roads Association and the ever increasing number of drivers, which the province itself licensed at that time, the Department of Highways was formed in 1916 with the goal of creating a provincial highway network. The DOH assumed its first highway, the Provincial Highway on August 21, 1917.^[1] On February 20, 1920, the DOH assumed several hundred kilometres of new highways, formally establishing the Provincial Highway System.

The organization's name has changed several times since 1919:^[2]

Period	Name	Minister
1919–1930	Department of Public Works and Highways	Frank Campbell Biggs, 1919–1923 George Stewart Henry, 1923–1930
1930–1971	Department of Highways	George Stewart Henry, 1930–1931 Leopold Macaulay, 1931–1934 Thomas McQuesten, 1934–1937 Vacant, 1938–1941 Thomas McQuesten, 1942–1943 George Doucett, 1943–1955 James N. Allan, 1955–1958 Fred Cass, 1959–1961 William Arthur Goodfellow, 1961–1962 Charles MacNaughton, 1962–1966 George Gomme, 1966–1971
1971–1987	Ministry of Transportation and Communications	Charles MacNaughton, 1971–1972 Gordon Carton, 1972–1974 John Rhodes, 1974–1975 James W. Snow, 1975–1984 Ed Fulton, 1985–1987
1987 to present	Ministry of Transportation	Ed Fulton, 1987–1989 Bill Wrye, 1989-1990 Ed Philip, 1990–1991 Gilles Pouliot, 1991–1994 Mike Farnan, 1994-1995 Al Palladini, 1995–1997 Tony Clement, 1997–1999 David Turnbull, 1999–2001 Brad Clark, 2001–2002 Norm Sterling, 2002–2003 Frank Klees, 2003 Harinder Takhar, 2003–2006 Donna Cansfield, 2006–2007 Jim Bradley, 2006–2010 Kathleen Wynne, 2010–2011 Bob Chiarelli, 2011–2013 Glen Murray, 2013–2014 Steven Del Duca, 2014–

Road maintenance

The Parclo interchange was invented by the Ministry of Transportation

Maintenance work is performed in two different ways:

In Maintenance Outsource areas, where MTO staff monitor the road conditions and hire contractors on an as-need basis.
In Area Maintenance Contract areas, where one contractor is awarded a contract area and performs all maintenance work except for rehabilitation and new construction.

A list of Area Maintenance contractors currently under contract with the MTO include:

TWD Roads Management
Transfield Services
IMOS(Maintenance performed by Miller Maintenance)
Belanger Contracting
Pioneer Construction
Steed and Evans
Cruickshank Construction Limited
The 407 ETR Concession Company owns, operates and maintains the entire stretch of highway 407 in the GTA while leasing the highway from the Government of Ontario until the year 2098

Area term contracts (ATCs) are the latest maintenance and construction alternative being reviewed by the MTO. ATCs, if they are approved for tender, will cover all maintenance operations now performed by AMC contractors, but will also include annual pavement maintenance and replacement work, bridge rehabilitation, minor capital construction programs and corridor management.

Highway Carrier Safety and Enforcement

While policing on most MTO-managed roads is provided by the Ontario Provincial Police, certain law enforcement functions are provided by MTO Transportation Enforcement Officers and Ministry of Environment Emissions Enforcement Officers.

Ministry of Transportation Enforcement Officers (TEOs) enforce a variety of provincial highway safety legislation specific to operators of commercial vehicles. Driver hours of service, cargo securement, dangerous goods transportation, weights and dimensions, and vehicle maintenance and roadworthiness are the predominant focus of TEO inspection activities. Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act, its regulations, the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act, and the Dangerous Goods Transportation Act are core pieces of legislation from which TEOs derive their enforcement authorities. TEOs conduct commercial vehicle inspections using a standardized procedure established by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA).

Transportation Enforcement Officers inspect commercial vehicles, their loads, and driver’s qualifications and documentation. They collect evidence, issue provincial offence notices or summons to court for violations, and testify in court.

Transportation Enforcement Officer deployment ranges from highway patrol and Truck Inspection Station (TIS) duties, audits of commercial vehicle operators, inspection and monitoring of bus and motor-coach operators, and the licensing and monitoring of Motor Vehicle Inspection Stations. Blitz-style joint force operations are periodically conducted in concert with provincial and municipal police.

Although many Transportation Enforcement Officers are licensed vehicle mechanics, most are not. TEOs hail from various backgrounds including driver licensing examination, automobile repair, commercial truck driving and other law enforcement agencies.

Offices

Ministry of Transportation Headquarters in St. Catharines

MTO's headquarters are located on three campuses:

Garden City Tower, St. Catharines, Ontario - 301 St. Paul Street
Wilson Complex, Downsview, Ontario - 1201 Wilson Avenue
Ferguson Block, Toronto, Ontario - 77 Wellesley Street West

There are five regional offices:

Eastern - Kingston, Ontario
Central (Downsview) - Toronto, Ontario
Northwestern - Thunder Bay, Ontario
Southwestern - London, Ontario
Northeastern - North Bay, Ontario

Area offices are located in:

References

↑ Shragge & Bagnato 1984, p. 73.
↑ "Map changes".

Bibliography

Shragge, John; Bagnato, Sharon (1984). From Footpaths to Freeways. Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Historical Committee. ISBN 0-7743-9388-2.

External links

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