Ontario. Transportation Capital Branch

• Transportation Capital Branch

The Transportation Capital Branch was established within the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications in 1982, replacing the Highway Program Development Branch. The branch consisted of a number of different offices, including: the Highway Program Planning Office (later simply the Highway Planning Office), the Highway Program Administration Office (later the Highway Capital Administration Office), the Capital Investments Office (from 1983-1986), the Contract Management Office (1987-1992), the Estimating and Engineering Claims Office (1987-1990); the Estimating Office (1990-1992), the Engineering Claims Office (1990-1992), and the Property Office (1990-1992).

The Transportation Capital Branch reported to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance and Administration, from 1982 -1987. In early 1987, the Branch was moved to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister of Engineering and Construction.

In 1992, the Transportation Capital Branch was replaced with the Resources Management Branch.

The Transportation Capital Branch carried out highway planning and capital administration activities for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications (by 1987, simply the Ministry of Transportation). Activities of the branch included: assessing highway system conditions, deficiencies, short and long-term capital needs; developing priorities and appropriate capital investment strategies; developing and administering the highway system management plan; carrying out system planning studies for existing or proposed links in the provincial highway network; establishing and monitoring current year expenditures within the Provincial Highways Program; preparing and maintaining multi- year highway capital construction plans; and managing tender scheduling and current year expenditure for all provincial highway improvement initiatives.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

KWIC Index to Services, 1984- 1991; Ministry of Transportation and Communications Annual Reports; Canadiana name authorities, 1996-12-24.

Archivist(s):
Lisa Singer, Mark Epp