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This is is to introduce several new MASH-compliant roadside safety systems and updates existing Ontario Provincial Standard Drawings (OPSDs) through the introduction of new MTO Drawings (MTODs) to improve safety performance and ensure consistency with current MTO standards. • Introduction of two new Ram Shield Systems and two EZY GUARD SBGR systems. • Introduction of a MASH Steel Beam Guardrail Type M installed on base plated or embedded underground slab foundations. • Provision of additional MTO drawing (MTOD) to facilitate transitions from roadside concrete barriers to vertical concrete parapets. • Replacement of OPSD 984.101 with a MASH tested, post mounted delineator installation. • Introduction of a MASH TL 3 SMARTPOD crash cushion. • Replacement of OPSD 989.110 and OPSD 989.210 with MASH compliant SQR LOC steel square post systems. • Introduction of a MASH TL 2 pedestrian handrail support system.

This is an update to the MTO’s OSIM Field Inspection Guide (OFIG), following the related update of the Ontario Structure Inspection Manual, earlier this year.

A new guideline has been drafted to improve the scoping of geophysical investigations for foundation-related applications concerning MTO assets. Selected challenges often addressed through the application of geophysics are presented alongside the corresponding typical investigation solutions.

OPSS.PROV 127 Schedule of Rental Rates for Construction Equipment is being shared for consultation prior to the annual publishing of the Schedule.

NSSP BITU0027 and NSSP BITU0028 are replaced with SSP 111S15 and SSP 103S58, respectively, for the acceptance of Recovered Asphalt Cement (RAC) on MTO contracts. The contents of the specifications are kept similar as per NSSP BITU0027 and NSSP BITU0028 with changes for Recovered Asphalt Cement acceptance requirements as per Table 1 in SSP 111S15 (Files with tracked changes are attached).

Drainage Section is submitting OPSS.PROV 421 for external stakeholders’ consultation prior to publishing the updated version

Drainage Section is submitting OPSS.PROV 410 for external stakeholders’ consultation prior to publishing the updated version of the specification.