The Ontario Trucking Association said that a joint meeting this week of the Ontario and Quebec government cabinets moved them closer to accord on trucking issues such as implementing speed limiter legislation and allowing for longer combination vehicles.
“The two governments are moving forward on each of the priority items we recommended they pursue,” said OTA President David Bradley.
“Ontario and Quebec will take steps to make it easier for goods to move seamlessly and safely between the provinces,” the two provincial governments said in a statement released by OTA. The provinces are “moving ahead together on a harmonized approach for implementing speed limiters for trucks, subject to passage of legislation.
“In addition, Ontario will pursue regulations to permit single wide base tires on trucks to improve fuel efficiency, and will develop a program to permit long combination vehicles under carefully controlled requirements to ensure our roads and highways remain among the safest in North America,” the statement said.
OTA backs a plan by the Ontario government to put speed limiters in trucks that would mandate a top speed of 105 kilometers per hour, the equivalent of 65.2 mph.
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