Whereas road maintenance contracts between the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure the Ministry and its contractors contain a requirement to develop 2-year summer road quantified maintenance plans the Road Maintenance Plans but the Ministry does not share the Road Maintenance Plans with local governments; And whereas the Ministry develops Infrastructure Improvement Priorities and Plans the Infrastructure Priorities but the Ministry does not share the Infrastructure Priorities with local governments until the Infrastructure Priorities are fully developed and funded: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM ask the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, to be more transparent and start to share the Road Maintenance Plans and the Infrastructure Priorities with local governments and that a process be developed to do so.
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Input for both the maintenance contractors quantified plan and the Ministrys multi-year investment plans aim to balance the priorities raised by local governments with investment needed for maintenance and preservation of existing infrastructure. Maintenance contractors plans are intended to be flexible and change year-over-year to meet the needs of the inventory and timing specific activities. Cyclical maintenance activities such as sweeping, mowing, grading and dust control take up a large portion of these plans. MOTI investments into rehabilitation, maintenance or expansion are based on a wide range of factors including safety, traffic volumes, lifecycle costs, and integrated planning benefits such as mode shift and greenhouse gas reduction, resilience and overall community benefits. Local ministry staff are happy to meet directly with local governments and elected representatives to discuss upcoming works that are delivered by the Province or are part of maintenance contractors two-year plans.