O. Reg. 472/10: Standards for Bridges, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT ACT

 

ontario regulation 472/10

made under the

public transportation and highway improvement act

Made: November 23, 2010
Filed: December 6, 2010
Published on e-Laws: December 8, 2010
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: December 25, 2010

Amending O. Reg. 104/97

(Standards for Bridges)

1. (1) The definition of “Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code” in section 1 of Ontario Regulation 104/97 is revoked and the following substituted:

“Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code” means the “Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code” designated as CAN/CSA-S6-06 published by the Canadian Standards Association and the “Commentary on CAN/CSA-S6-06, Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code” published by the Canadian Standards Association, as amended from time to time;

(2) The definition of “Ministry manuals and standards” in section 1 of the Regulation is revoked.

(3) Section 1 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following definitions:

“Ontario Structure Inspection Manual” means the “Ontario Structure Inspection Manual (OSIM)”, published by the Ministry and dated October 2000 (revised November 2003 and April 2008), as amended from time to time and available from the Ministry;

“Structural Manual” means the “Structural Manual” published by the Ministry and dated April 2008, as amended from time to time and available from the Ministry;

2. Section 2 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

2. (1) Where any person undertakes or causes to be undertaken the design, evaluation, construction or rehabilitation of a bridge, the design, evaluation, construction or rehabilitation shall conform to,

(a) the standards set out in the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code; and

(b) the most current accepted engineering standards, guidelines, procedures and practices.

(2) Despite clause (1) (a), if there is a conflict or inconsistency between a standard set out in the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code and a standard set out in Division 1 of the Structural Manual entitled “Exceptions to the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code”, the design, evaluation, construction or rehabilitation of a bridge shall, instead of conforming to the standard set out in the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code, conform to the standard set out in Division 1 of the Structural Manual.

(3) The structural integrity, safety and condition of every bridge shall be determined through the performance of at least one inspection in every second calendar year under the direction of a professional engineer and in accordance with the Ontario Structure Inspection Manual.

(4) For greater certainty, the inspection referred to in subsection (3) may be performed at any time in the calendar year, regardless of when in a prior calendar year the previous inspection was performed.

(5) Despite subsection (3), the inspection of a bridge may vary from the Ontario Structure Inspection Manual if,

(a) the variation is not a marked departure from the Ontario Structure Inspection Manual; and

(b) the variation does not adversely affect the safety and mobility of people and goods.

3. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

Made by:

Kathleen O’Day Wynne

Minister of Transportation

Date made: November 23, 2010.