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Design Division
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The Design Division was established within the Ontario Department (and later Ministry) of Transportation and Communications in 1971, continuing the functions and activities of the Design Branch of the Ontario Department of Highways.
The division consisted of the Design Services Branch (reorganized and renamed the Engineering Services Branch in January 1974), the Systems Design Branch, and the Traffic Control Office (eventually Traffic Program Management Office) beginning in 1973. From 1972 to 1974, the Executive Director of the Design Division reported to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Engineering and Operations; in fiscal year 1974- 1975 to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Planning and Design; and in fiscal year, 1975-1976 to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations.
In 1976 the Design Division ceased to exist, when it was amalgamated with the Operations Division to form the Highway Engineering Division.
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The Design Division of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications carried out activities related to highway engineering and design, highway planning and traffic control.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Ministry of Transportation and Communications Annual Reports, 1971-1976; Canadiana name authorities, 1996-12-24.
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Lisa Singer, Mark Epp