Posted Wednesday June 24, 2020 in Infrastructure, News Releases, Operations/safety
The controversial, longstanding proposal to prohibit commercial trucks from a critical transportation route in Thunder Bay took a blow this week when the City’s council voted against the bylaw
Posted Wednesday January 29, 2020 in Infrastructure, News Releases
Making good on a pledge made in the 2019 Ontario Budget, the province reinforced its commitment to conducting a review of transportation in northern Ontario by identifying opportunities for a modern, sustainable transportation system, and reviewing initiatives to better meet passenger transportation needs.
Posted Tuesday January 21, 2020 in Infrastructure
Voting by Thunder Bay Council on the proposed truck route by-law continues to be delayed. In fall 2019, the vote was pushed to December, and then January 2020 and now details contained in the most recent council agenda indicates the vote has been pushed until later in March.
Posted Tuesday October 08, 2019 in Infrastructure, News Releases
Thunder Bay City Council postponed a vote set this week on new revisions to the proposed truck route bylaw – a move OTA continues to raise serious questions about.
Posted Wednesday June 19, 2019 in Infrastructure, News Releases, Operations/safety
Thunder Bay City Council voted not to proceed with the City’s Proposed Designated Truck Route bylaw as it’s currently written after hearing from the Ontario Trucking Association’s Geoff Wood and other critics of the plan.
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...
