Highway Access Management Guideline

Highway

Access

Management

Guideline

December 2013

Corridor Management and Property Section Operations Office

Contract Management and Operations Branch Provincial Highways Management Division 2nd Floor, Garden City Tower 301 St. Paul Street St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 7R4 P: (905) 704- 2989 F: (905) 704-2777

Highway Access Management Guideline Ministry of Transportation

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Acknowledgement

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation has undertaken an extensive jurisdictional review of current Access Management initiatives from across North America. The work undertaken by the Transportation Research Board, Committee on Access Management, has been particularly helpful.

Contents

1.

Introduction to this Guideline................................................. 1

1.1 Who should read this guideline? ............................................................ 1

1.2 Purpose of this guideline........................................................................ 2

1.3 How was the guideline developed?........................................................ 2

1.4 Conventions used in this guideline......................................................... 3 1.4.1 Purple underling means you can jump to the underlined Glossary definition ........................................................................................... 3 1.4.2 Blue underlining means you can jump to the underlined topic or website ............................................................................................. 4 1.4.3 Key information ................................................................................ 4

1.5 How to find things in this guideline......................................................... 4 1.5.1 Tips if you are reading this guideline online...................................... 6

1.6 How to print this guideline ...................................................................... 7

1.7 For additional information ...................................................................... 7

2.

What is Access Management? ................................................. 8

2.1 Access management defined................................................................. 8

2.2 Why we have access management ....................................................... 8 2.2.1 What role do provincial highways play?............................................ 8 2.2.2 How does land use development impact highways? ........................ 8 2.2.3 What is the role of access management?......................................... 9

2.3 A balancing act .................................................................................... 11

2.4 Principles of access management ....................................................... 12

2.5 Benefits of access management .......................................................... 13

2.6 Best practices for a win-win result... .................................................... 14 2.6.1 MTO ............................................................................................... 15 2.6.2 Municipalities and stakeholders...................................................... 15

2.7 What authority does MTO have over access management? ............... 17 2.7.1 PTHIA............................................................................................. 18 2.7.2 Planning Act ................................................................................... 19

3.

When You Need an MTO permit ............................................ 20

3.1 What is an MTO permit? ...................................................................... 20 3.1.1 Two types of permits for access management ............................... 20

3.2 What is MTO's permit control area?..................................................... 20

3.3 When is an MTO permit required? ....................................................... 24 3.3.1 New access connections ................................................................ 24 3.3.2 Temporary access connections ...................................................... 24 3.3.3 Change in property ownership........................................................ 25 3.3.4 Change in land use at an existing access connection .................... 25 3.3.5 Change in location of an existing access connection ..................... 25 3.3.6 Change in design of an existing access connection ....................... 26 3.3.7 Paving an existing gravel access connection ................................. 26

3.4 Conditions of an MTO Entrance permit................................................ 26

3.5 What associated costs should stakeholders plan for? ......................... 29 3.5.1 New Entrance Permit or Building and Land Use Permit ................. 29 3.5.2 Traffic Impact Study........................................................................ 29 3.5.3 Class Environmental Assessment for Provincial Transportation Facilities (Class EA) ....................................................................... 30 3.5.4 Highway Improvements Associated with Land Development ......... 32 3.5.5 Land Acquisition Associated with Land Development .................... 32 3.5.6 Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit (Letter of Credit) .................... 33 3.5.7 Relocation of utilities....................................................................... 34 3.5.8 Maintenance of access connections............................................... 34

4.

How to Apply for an MTO Permit........................................... 35

4.1 Where to get a permit application form ................................................ 35

4.2 How to complete the permit application ............................................... 35

4.3 How to submit the completed permit application.................................. 36

4.4 What happens next .............................................................................. 37 4.4.1 MTO's permit administration process ............................................. 37 4.4.2 How you find out whether your permit application was accepted ... 38 4.4.3 How long does it take? ................................................................... 38

5.

How Decisions are Made About Permit Approval................... 40

5.1 Steps in the decision-making process.................................................. 40

5.2 Step 1 ? Find out if there is an approved HAMP or I-HAMP ................ 40

5.3 Step 2 - Find out how the highway is classified.................................... 41 5.3.1 King's Highways vs. Controlled-access Highways ......................... 41 5.3.2 Why is it important to understand the Access Management Classification system? .................................................................... 41 5.3.3 More about highway designation and MTO highway classification systems .......................................................................................... 42

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