Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)
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The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) is an Ontario government ministry responsible for transport infrastructure and law in the Canadian province of Ontario.
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[edit] Role and Responsibilities
The ministry is responsible for:
- 9.7 million registered vehicles
- 8.5 million drivers
- 55 driver examination centres & 37 travel points (both operated by Serco DES Inc, as DriveTest Centres)
- 281 privately owned Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Offices across the province
- GO Transit
- 16,525 kilometres of provincial highway
- Service Ontario Kiosks
The current Minister of Transportation is the Honourable Donna Cansfield.
The ministry was gradually created and re-created from a number of other ministries and departments:
- Provincial Road Building Instructor, 1896-1916
- Provincial Department of Public Highways, 1916-1920s
- Motor Vehicles Branch, 1920s-1971
- Department of Highways (DHO), 1920s-1971
- Department of Transportation and Communications (DTC), 1971-72
- Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC), 1972-87
- Minstry of Transportation (MTO), 1987-date
A list of ministers:
- James W. Snow 1975-1984 - as Minister of Transportation and Communications
- Ed Fulton 1985-1989
- Ed Philip 1990-1991
- Gilles Pouliot 1991-1994
- Al Palladini 1995-1997
- Tony Clement 1997-1999
- David Turnbull 1999-2001
- Norm Sterling 2001-2003
- Frank Klees 2003
- Harinder Takhar 2003-2006
- Donna Cansfield 2006-present
[edit] Road Maintenance and Emergency Services
Policing on MTO managed roads are provided by the Ontario Provincial Police.
Maintenance work is performed in two different ways: 1. In Maintenance Outsource areas, where MTO staff monitor the road conditions and hire contractors on an as-need basis. 2. 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 contractors used by MTO:
- BTS - Toronto area
- TWD Roads Management Incorporated - Eastern Region
[edit] Offices
MTO's headquarters are located on four campuses:
- St. Catharines, Ontario - 301 St. Paul Street
- Wilson Complex, Downsview, Ontario - 1201 Wilson Avenue
- Ferguson Block, Toronto, Ontario - 77 Wellesley Street West
- John Counter Boulevard, Kingston, Ontario (Drivers and Vehicles)
There are five regional offices:
- Eastern - Kingston, Ontario
- Central - Toronto, Ontario
- Northwesten - Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Southwestern - London, Ontario
- Northeastern - North Bay, Ontario
Area offices are located in:
- Bancroft, Ontario
- North Bay, Ontario
- Chatham, Ontario
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Owen Sound, Ontario
- Cochrane, Ontario
- Port Hope, Ontario
- Huntsville, Ontario
- Kenora, Ontario
- Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
- Kingston, Ontario
- London, Ontario
- Sudbury, Ontario
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
- New Liskeard, Ontario
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