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The MTO is in charge of various aspects of transportation in Ontario, including the establishment and maintenance of the provincial highway system, the registration of vehicles and licensing of drivers, and the policing of provincial roads, enforced by the Ontario Provincial Police and the ministry's in-house enforcement program (Commercial vehicle enforcement).
COMPASS, also referred to as Freeway Traffic Management System, is a system run by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) to monitor and manage the flow of traffic on various roads (including 400-series highways) in Ontario. COMPASS uses pairs of in-road sensors to detect the speed and density of traffic flow.
In Ontario, all public roads are legally considered highways under the Highway Traffic Act (HTA), which sets forth regulations for traffic, or the rules of the road. [3] The Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act (PTHIA) sets forth the regulations concerning roads that are under the authority of the Province of Ontario.
MTO network only shows bridge over Stokely Creek, AADT lists 1.6 km (0.99 mi) from Highway 17 Highway 7090 Harmony Beach Road 1.6 1.0 Highway 17 Highway 17 Algoma Havilland MTO network only shows bridge over Harmony River Highway 7125 Clearwater Bay Road 0.5 0.3 Dead end Highway 17 Kenora Boys Old Highway 17 route Highway 7146
The MTO plans and finances the construction and maintenance of the King's Highway system, which includes the 400-series network. [63] The system includes 1,971.8 kilometres (1,225.2 mi) of freeways. Highway 401 is the longest freeway at 828.0 kilometres (514.5 mi), in addition to being the widest and busiest road in Canada.
The MTO took advantage of this opportunity to extend Highway 401 to the Canada–US border and began an environmental impact assessment on the entire project in late 2005. [175] The City of Windsor also hired New York traffic consultant Sam Schwartz to design a parkway to the border.
King's Highway 115, commonly referred to as Highway 115, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that connects Peterborough with Toronto via Highway 401.
The new highway was fully opened to traffic by premier John Robarts on September 25, 1970. [ 3 ] Until some point between 1974 and 1977, Highway 144 passed through the INCO mine property north of Copper Cliff and entered Sudbury along Spruce Street and Regent Street. [ 7 ]