{"id":4926,"date":"2016-07-16T12:23:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T12:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/?p=4926"},"modified":"2016-07-16T12:23:36","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T12:23:36","slug":"orba-oversizeoverweight-permitting-enhancements-introduced-through-industrygovernment-co-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/orba-oversizeoverweight-permitting-enhancements-introduced-through-industrygovernment-co-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"ORBA: Oversize\/overweight permitting enhancements introduced through industry\/government co-operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through the joint Government of Ontario\/<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/orba.org\/\"><strong>Ontario Road Builders\u2019 Association (ORBA)<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Open for Business Roundtable process, changes are being implemented to the Oversize\/Overweight (O\/O) permit process in Ontario, the ORBA says in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) plans to change the duration of a single trip permit from four days to seven days and extend weekend travel to include loads over current annual dimensions (with the exception of police-escorted loads).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinding ways to reduce paperwork and the administrative burden on businesses without compromising safety is the ultimate win-win,\u201d says transportation minister <strong>Steven Del Duca<\/strong>. \u201cBy working with ORBA, the ministry has made improvements that will help streamline processes and improve the speed of permitting without sacrificing security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In December, the O\/O permit application process was one of five issues presented at the opening roundtable for review to address concerns identified with the current permit wait times and to improve efficiencies and effectiveness of the permit application process. As part of the roundtable process, ORBA members populated a working group that worked with the MTO to suggest ways to improve the permitting process and help reduce the administrative burden on companies applying for permits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cORBA is pleased by the changes being implemented to the oversize\/overweight permitting process,\u201d said <strong>Ashley De Souza<\/strong>, ORBA&#8217;s director of government relations. \u201cThe changes to the permitting process will help improve the turnaround time for companies to obtain permits, improve business efficiency, speed up time to complete construction projects and create greater value for taxpayers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the joint Government of Ontario\/Ontario Road Builders\u2019 Association (ORBA) Open for Business Roundtable process, changes are being implemented to the Oversize\/Overweight (O\/O) permit process in Ontario, the ORBA says in a news release. The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) plans to change the duration of a single trip permit from four days to seven days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,49],"tags":[52],"class_list":{"0":"post-4926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-associations-and-unions","7":"category-provincial-news","8":"tag-current"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4927,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4926\/revisions\/4927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}