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## POLICY NO. 66 APPOINTMENT OF TRAFFIC AUTHORITY
BE IT ENACTED by the Council of Region of Queens Municipality, under the authority of the Municipal Government Act, S.N.S. 1998, Chapter 18, as follows:
This policy shall be known as Policy Number 66 and may be cited as the "Traffic Authority Policy".
## POLICY PURPOSE
Region of Queens Municipality, in this policy, does hereby confirm its existing practice of appointing an individual to act as Traffic Authority for the Region of Queens Municipality pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Municipal Government Act and the Motor Vehicle Act.
In furtherance of the purposes of this policy, the Region also hereby states its intention to appoint an alternate individual to act as Traffic Authority in the absence of the original appointee.
## AUTHORITY
Section 311 of the Municipal Government Act provides that
- (1) In this Section, "highway" and "Provincial Traffic Authority" have the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Act.
- (2) The council may, by policy, appoint a traffic authority for all or part of the municipality.
- (3) A traffic authority has, within the municipality, the powers of a traffic authority of a city or town pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Act.
- (4) The clerk shall notify the Provincial Traffic Authority of the appointment of a traffic authority.
- (5) Where there is no traffic authority appointed by a council, the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal may appoint a traffic authority to hold office until the council appoints a traffic authority.
- (6) Where it appears to the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal that a traffic authority appointed by the council is not performing the duties and functions of a traffic authority, the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal may cancel the appointment of the traffic authority.
- (7) The Provincial Traffic Authority has, with respect to (a) highways vested in Her Majesty in right of the Province; (b) highways in areas of a municipality for which there is no traffic authority; and (c) highways in a municipality that have been designated by the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal as main travelled or through highways, the powers conferred upon a traffic authority by or pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Act.
- (8) The traffic authority for a municipality has, with respect to highways in the municipality, excluding those for which the Provincial Traffic Authority has authority, the powers conferred upon a traffic authority by or pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Act.
## SCOPE
This policy shall apply to all streets within Liverpool, and any other streets owned by Region of Queens Municipality.
## POLICY INTENT
PURSUANT to Section 311 of the Municipal Government Act, Chapter 18 of the Statutes of Nova Scotia 1998, as amended from time to time, Director of Engineering and Public Works, Adam Grant, is hereby designated as the Region of Queens Municipality's Traffic Authority.
AND FURTHER that in the absence of Adam Grant, Assistant Director of Engineering and Public Works, Garrett Chetwynd, shall act as Traffic Authority for Region of Queens Municipality.
## EFFECTIVE DATE
This policy shall take effect on October 26, 2021.
## REPEAL
Policy 66 - Appointment of Traffic Authority, adopted by the Council of Region of Queens Municipality on the 14th day of July 2020, is hereby repealed.
## OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT this policy was passed by the Council of Region of Queens Municipality at a duly constituted meeting of said Council held on the 26th day of October, 2021.
SIGNED by the Mayor and Deputy Clerk this 27th day of October, 2021.
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Sailere Horman
Mayor
Shelley Carolly
Deputy Cler