Posted Thursday April 15, 2021 in Infrastructure, News Releases, Operations/safety
Rolling blockades on public highways are a threat to public safety and are not responsible or effective expressions of citizens’ or groups’ democratic right to protest.
Posted Monday April 12, 2021 in Infrastructure, News Releases, Operations/safety, Technology
To be in compliance with SPIF, all sizes trucking companies have invested billions in new equipment that better protects Ontario’s road infrastructure and improves vehicle safety.
Posted Friday March 12, 2021 in Infrastructure, News Releases, Operations/safety, Technology
The Ontario Trucking Association has written the transportation critics of the provincial Liberal and NDP parties to clarify the issue of SPIF (Safe, Productive and Infrastructure Friendly) compliance in the dump truck sector
Posted Thursday December 10, 2020 in Infrastructure, News Releases, Operations/safety, Technology
Ontario’s current regulations for the design and operation of heavy trucks have evolved over the past two decades, since 2000, and involved significant consultations with industry.
Posted Wednesday November 25, 2020 in Infrastructure, Operations/safety
In a letter received by OTA this week, MTO has advised the association they will be offering extended grandfathering permits for non-compliant vehicles covered by Phase 4 of its vehicle weights and dimensions reforms as required by regulation. Phase 4 vehicles cover straight trucks and their trailers and is the last phase of regulatory reforms.
The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) was founded in 1926, and provides services and public policy advocacy for trucking companies hauling freight into, out of and within the Province of Ontario. OTA is the only trucking association in Ontario that represents all segments of the industry - for-hire carriers, private carriers, intermodal, suppliers, etc. » More...
