2* Engineers VI ui•so•g• INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTORS 1 Introduction

The Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) Study is a bi-national transportation improvement study that has been undertaken by the governments of Canada, United States, Ontario and Michigan who have formed the Canada-United States-Ontario-Michigan Border Transportation Partnership (the Partnership). The purpose of the undertaking is to provide for the safe, efficient and secure movement of people and goods across the Canadian-U.S. border in the Detroit River area to support the economies of Ontario, Michigan, Canada and the U.S. The Canadian portion of the DRIC study consists of three primary components: the Detroit River crossing, a new inspection plaza and new access roads linking these to the existing Highway 401.

The Partnership retained URS Canada Inc. (URS) to assist in the undertaking of the Ontario Environmental Assessment for the DRIC Study which was submitted to the Ontario Minister of the Environment on December 31, 2008. Through the EA process, the Windsor-Essex Parkway (The Parkway) was identified as the technically and environmentally preferred alternative (TEPA) to connect the new inspection plaza to the existing Highway 401 terminus. A Preliminary Design was also completed by URS on behalf of the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) in November 2009.

In November 2010 the Windsor-Essex Mobility Group (WEMG) was awarded the Detailed Design of The Parkway along with the construction, finance and maintenance of the new parkway infrastructure. The WEMG is a consortium of three of the world’s premiere infrastructure developers and contractors, each with an equal share:

The Windsor-Essex Parkway is an integrated transportation corridor consisting of a six lane extension of Highway 401, a new four lane Highway 3 service road and parkland with a trail system. It is important to note that when referring to “The Parkway”, this refers to the entire integrated transportation corridor and when referring to any one portion of the system, they must be referred to by their individual names.

2 Proceedings Under the Drainage Act

The Drainage Act (Act) provides the legislative vehicle for the construction and management of many of the communal drainage systems in Ontario. The local municipality is responsible for the management of the drainage systems located within their municipal boundaries and the cost of the work is normally assessed to the landowners in the watershed of the drain.

The Drainage Act is fairly precise in its description of how drainage works are to be handled, however some discretion on the application of the Act is left to the appointed Engineer.

Project:

Windsor-Essex Parkway

Document:

Marentette Mangin Drain Stormwater Management Report

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