Public Works and Infrastructure Committee

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee approve that the following Inquiry Response be lifted for discussion by the committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to subsection 89(4) of the Procedure By-law (being By-law NO 2025-100): • PWIC-2025-03

WHEREAS some communities, including those who have a significant amount of new greenfield housing development have experienced road infrastructure degra-dation caused by heavy vehicles hauling fill between a development or construc-tion site and designated truck routes; AND WHEREAS the City has enacted by-laws that regulate the movement of heavy vehicles on city highways and prohibit damage to public infrastructure as a result of the operation of heavy vehicles, however successful enforcement of these by-laws is challenging; AND WHEREAS in addition to these by-laws, the City may hold securities through the development approval process to ensure heavy vehicle damage to City roads associated with development activities is mitigated, however any damage which may have occurred prior to the execution of applicable agreements would not be addressed; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommend Council direct staff to: a. as part of the City’s review of the Over-Dimensional Vehicles By-law No. 2003-497, that staff in collaboration with other city departments be directed to explore pro-active opportunities for recovering the potential cost of deg-radation to City roadways by the operators of heavy vehicles, such as fill-hauling dump trucks, or the persons on whose behalf they are undertaking the activity, through for example a permitting system; b. explore opportunities to leverage new technologies as part of ongoing en-forcement of existing by-la

WHEREAS the report and supporting documents for item 5.1 titled “Potential Implications of Bill 60 on Cycling Projects and Recommendations for the 2026 Capital Budget” was not circulated with the agenda package; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee approve the addition of these documents for consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to Section 89(3) of the Procedure By-law (being By-law no. 2025-100).

WHEREAS the Albert (between Bay Street and Elgin Street) and Slater Street pro-ject is based on long standing transportation planning decisions; and WHEREAS the lanes that would be removed for this design are the lanes designated for the former Transitway; and WHEREAS this project intersects with many other major cycling routes; and WHEREAS previous similar pieces of provincial legislation have been successful-ly challenged in court; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the revised design for the Albert ( between Bay Street and Elgin Street ) and Slater Street Improvement project include no elements that would preclude cycle lanes from being incorporated at a future date, legislation permitting.

That the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommend that Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee 2026 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows: The Public Works Department Budget, as follows: General Manager’s Office and Business Technical Support Services - Operating Resource Requirement (page 2); Roads Services, as follows: User Fees (page 5); Operating Resource Requirement (page 4); Parking Services, as follows: User Fees (pages 8-12); Operating Resource Requirement (page 7); Traffic Services, as follows: User Fees (revised pages 15-17); Operating Resource Requirement (page 14); Operational Performance and Development Services, Operating Resource Requirement (page 25). Planning, Development and Building Services Department, Transportation Planning Budget, as follows: User Fees (page 20); Operating Resource Requirement (page 19); Finance and Corporate Services Department, Fleet Services Budget, as follows: User Fees (page 23); Operating Resource Requirement (page 22); The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee Capital Budget (pages 26-29) [Individual projects listed on pages 53-175, including revised pages 100-101 ].