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COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 88-,-18
"BEING A BY-LAW TO RESTRICT THE WEIGHT OF VEHICLES PASSING
OVER BRIDGES."
WHEREAS Subsection 2 of Section 104 (b) of the Highway
Traffic Act (R.S.O. 1980, C.198 as amended 1981) provides that:
"The Municipal Corporation or other authority having
jurisdiction over a bridge may by by-law approved by
the Ministry limit the gross weight of any vehicle or
any class thereof passing over such bridge, and the
requirements of Subsection 1 of Section 104 (b) with
respect to the posting up of notice apply thereto. " .
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and
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to limit the weight of
vehicles passing over certain bridges in the County of Elgin.
NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the Corpora-
tion of the County of Elgin enacts as follows:
1. No vehicle or any class thereof, whether empty or
loaded, shall be operated over any bridge designated in
Schedule No. 1, forming part of this By-Law with a weight in
excess of the weight limit prescribed in the. Schedule for such
bridge.
2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
By-Law shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 106
of the Highway Traffic Act.
3. This By-Law shall not become effective until approved
by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario and until a notice
of the weight permitted, legibly printed, has been posted up in
a conspicuous place at either end of each bridge designated in
the attached Schedule.
4. By-Law No. 87-40 of the County of Elgin is hereby
repealed.
READ a first time this 30th day of March, 1988
READ a second time this 30th day of March, 1988.
READ a third time and finally passed this 30th day of March 1988.
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G C. Leverton
Clerk
SCHEDULE NO 1
By-Law No. 88-18
BOUNDARY BRIDGES WITH THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
Number Bridge Road Name of Location Weight Year of Type of Adjoining
No. No. Bridge Limit in Construc- Floor Municipality
(MTO) Tonnes tion Finish
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1- 5-5 Ling's Lot 49, 15 1907 Concrete County of
East Side Middlesex
Talbot Road,
North Bridge,
Township of
Southwold
2. 5-45 14 Middlemiss Lot C, 5 1935 Concrete County of
Concession III Middlesex
Township of
Dunwich
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Ministry of Office of Legal Services
Transportation and 1201 Wilson Avenue
Communications East Building
Downsview, Ontario
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Telephone: (416)235-4411
December 11, 1987
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G. C. Leverton ~Œ@a~Œ®
Clerk, County of Elgin
450 Sunset Drive
St. Thomas, Ontario
N5R 5Vl DEC 10 1987
Dear Sir: CmmTY OF ElGIN
Re: By-laws 87-40 and -41 ClEiUHREf,SURER'S OFFICE
Limiting vehicle Weight on Bridges
Your by-laws are returned duly approved by the Ministry of
Transportation and Communications in accordance with
subsection 104b(2) of the Highway Traffic Act.
The approval applies for a period of two years from date
of signature
Yours very tFuly,
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Marjorie L. Tuck
Legal Assistant
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