4332 To Execute the Connecting Link Contribution Agreement with Her Majesty The Queen In Right of Ontario\
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF TILLSONBURG
BY-LAW4332
A BY-LAW to Execute the Connecting Link Contribution Agreement with Her
Majesty The Queen In Right of Ontario.
WHEREAS the Government of Ontario has created the Connecting Links Program to
provide funding to help municipalities construct and repair roads and bridges on
designated Connecting Links;
AND WHEREAS subsection 21 (1) of the Public Transportation and Highway
Improvement Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.50, as amended from time to time, (hereinafter
referred to as, the "Act") states that the Minister of Transportation may designate a
highway or part of a highway as a Connecting Link between parts of the King's Highway
or as an extension of the King's Highway, to be constructed and maintained by the
Recipient road authority having jurisdiction over the highway;
AND WHEREAS subsection 21(2) of the Act states that every such highway remains
under the jurisdiction and control of the road authority;
AND WHEREAS subsection 44(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001 S.O. 2001, c. 25, s.
485(1) as amended from time to time, states that a municipality that has jurisdiction over
the highway or bridge shall keep it in a state of repair that is reasonable in the
circumstances, including the character and location of the highway or bridge;
AND WHEREAS the highway named in Schedule "A" to this Agreement is a highway
under the jurisdiction and control of the Recipient and has been designated as a
Connecting Link or as an extension to the Connecting Link by the Minister of
Transportation in accordance with the subsection 21 (1) of the Act;
AND WHEREAS subsection 116(1 )(a) of the Act states that the Minister of
Transportation may enter into agreements for the purpose of the Act, including
agreements related to among other things the design and construction of any highway
or bridge;
AND WHEREAS subsection 116(2) of the Act states that any such agreement may
provide that a proportion of the costs arising from the agreement be paid out of the
monies appropriated therefor by the Legislature;
NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.OF THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWN OF TILLSONBURG ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. THAT the agreement attached hereto forms part of this by-law;
2. THAT the Mayor and Clerk be hereby authorized to execute the attached
agreement on behalf of the Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg;
3. This By-Law shall come into full force and effect on the day of passing.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 12th DAY OF AUGUST, 2019.
ND FINAL TIME AND PASSED THIS 1ih DAY OF AUGUST, 2019.
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DEPUTY CLERK -Lana White