MTO Highway Maintenance

MTO on the Ontario Fleetnet system

This is a list of MTO Maintenance Patrol numbers and also other highway info for Ontario Provincial Highways. Every 3 hours the comm centre will do road reports. Highway condition infomation is from area supervisors. Please list any MTO infomation on this wiki. This list is compiled from our Eastern Canada Forum members, Thanks everyboby!.

MTO Road Condition Codes

Road Conditions

RBD: Road bare and dry

RBDAMP: Road bare and damp

RBW: Roads bare and wet

RCB: Road center bare

RD: Road doubtful

RH: Road heavy snow

RI: Road icy

RSC: Road snow covered

RSL: Road slushy

RSP: Road snow packed

RTB: Road track bare

Accumulation/Precipitation Codes

AD: dry snow

AN: none

AR: rain

AS: sleet

AW: wet snow

AX: snow flurries

FR: freezing rain

Operations Codes

OP: Plowing

OSA: Sanding

OSG: Salting

DLA: Direct Liquid Application (Winter Deicing)

Patrol Areas

Patrol #1 - Belle River -- 401 from Windsor to Tilbury, 3 from Leamington to Windsor

Patrol #2 - Chatham-Kent (@ Kent Centre - corner of Hwys 40 & 401) - heard on Chatham TG's CAMC 1 to 4

Patrol #3 - Iona -- 401 in Elgin and Middlesex west of London

Patrol #4 - Hwy 402 (Bluewater Bridge to Exit 44) based in Reece's Corners - heard on Chatham TG's CAMC 1 to 4

Patrol #4a -Hwy 40 (402 to Wallaceburg), based in Courtright - heard on Chatham TG's CAMC 1 to 4

Patrol #4B -Hwy 21 (402 to St Joseph), based in Port Franks - heard on Chatham TG's CAMC 1 to 4

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The following patrols where heard on the Niagrara TG

Patrol #11 - Fort Erie Area

Patrol #12 - Niagara Falls Thorald, Welland

Patrol #13 - Woodstock

Patrol #13A - ?

Patrol #13B - Canfield

Patrol #14 - Kitchener

Patrol #14A - Guelph

Patrol #15 - ?

Patrol #16 - ?

Patrol #17 - ?

Patrol #18 - ?

Patrol #19 - ?

Patrol #20 - ?

Patrol #21 - Burlington TG 38464 (BURL) covers Flamborough (Hwy 5/6/8)

Patrol #21A - Mitchell North

Patrol #22 - Goderich

Patrol #22- Mississauga, Oakville, West Toronto

Patrol #23 - Arthur/Palmerson/Harrison

Patrol #23a - Owen Sound

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Patrol #24 - Chatsworth

Patrol #24A - Meaford

Patrol #25 - Kincardine

Patrol #26 - Clavering

Patrol #27 - ?

Patrol #28 - ?

Patrol #29 - ?

Patrol #30 - Morriston (HWY 6?)

Patrol #31 - On Morriston TG 38480 (MORR) Handles calls in the east, i.e. 401 & Weston Rd.

Patrol #32 - Forest

Patrol #33 - ??

Patrol #34 - ??

Patrol #35 - ??

Patrol #36 - ??

Patrol #62 - Referencing operations on HWY 12 north

Patrol #70- Barrie

Heard patrol above mentioning to start operations on HWY 93 west of HWY 400 and also HWY 400 north of HWY 93. Patrol 70 was heard on TG 38416 Labelled KMC10

Patrol #71- Coldwater (Hillsdale is a satellite yard)

Patrol #72- Forest Home (Brechin is a satellite yard)

HWY 400 and HWY 11? Patrol #72 was also referencing icy conditions on HWY 93 and HWY 12 East of 400. TG 38416 Labelled KMC10

Patrol #73- Cookstown

I believe that the patrol above are for HWY 400 (Canal Rd to HWY 11 split in Barrie) Supervisors road report on TG 38384 which is labeled KMCO . Plows are always on TG KMC9 on that stretch of highway 400.

MTO Bases

Reece's Corners Patrol 4a and 4b

Hwy 40 from Wallaceburg to 402 (patrol 4A), 402 from bluewater bridge to Navoo road (exit 44)(Patrol 4), and Hwy 21 from 402 to St Joseph (Patrol 4B)

Bowen

Covers Fort Erie

Homer

Covers St Catharines, northern regions.

Beaverdams

Refers to the depot in Thorald and covers the city of Niagara Falls.

Burlington

Burlington Yard is at the Q and Northshore, right at Joseph Brant Hospital and where the OPP Burlington detachement is.

Palermo

Covers eastern regions of Halton (located in Western Oakville)

Duffs Corners Handles calls in Flamborough as well as calls in Hamilton on the 403,(especially mountain calls).

More Bases

• 4351 Kingston - Hwy. 401
• 4352 Brockville - Hwy. 401
• 4353 Morrisburg/Cornwall - Hwy. 401, 416
• 4354 Kemptville - Hwy. 416
• 4360 Grafton
• 4361 Marysville - A)
• 4362 Madoc - A) Madoc - Hwy's 37, 62 - B)
• Norwood - - C)
• Madoc/Arden - Hwy 7 East - D) Arden
• 4370 Cloyne - Hwy's 28, 41
• 4371 Cloyne/Whitney/Denbigh
• 4372 Dacre - Hwy's 41, 60, and 132
• 4373 Dacre - Hwy's 41, 60, and 132
• 4374 Barry's Bay - Hwy's 60, 123, 127, 523
• 4375 Barry's Bay - Hwy's 60, 123, 127, 523
• 4376 Maynooth
• 4376 (West) Pembroke (East) Haley Station
• 4377 Perth/Carleton Place
• 4378 (East) Carlsbad Springs - Hwy's 34, 138, 174, 417 (West) Vanleek Hill/Hawksbury - *Hwy 417
• 4379 Ottawa
• 4381 Bow Lake
• 4382 Belleville
• 4383 Fraserville - Hwy 115
• 4384 Lindsay - Hwy's 7A West, 35

Units on the Niagara Talkgroup cover all provincial roads in Niagara Region. Units on the Burlington Talkgroup covers provincial roads in Halton Region,the city of Hamilton, Peel Region (through Mssissauga on the QEW)and Highway 427 in the city of Toronto.

MTO Talkgroups

DEC	HEX	Mode	Alpha Tag	Description
38048	94a	A	MTO COM	MTO Common
38144	950	A	MTO38144	Maintenance
38512	967	A	MTO38512	Maintenance
38528	968	A	MTO38528	Maintenance
38624	96e	A	MTO38624	Maintenance
38656	970	A	MTO38656	Maintenance
38672	971	A	MTO38672	Maintenance
38688	972	A	MTO38688	MTO Spare
38704	973	A	MTO38704	Maintenance
38720	974	A	SPR 1	Spare 1
38768	977	A	MTO38768	Maintenance
38784	978	A	MTO38784	MTO
38832	97b	A	MTO38832	MTO
38848	97c	A	MTO38848	Maintenance
39136	98e	A	MTO39136	Maintenance

Central Region Patrol yard information

Patrol Yards

There are 8 patrol yards within Simcoe where Winter Maintenance activities are deployed from.

• Cookstown on Hwy 88 west of Hwy 400
• Barrie which is off of Essa Rd west of Hwy 400
• Coldwater which is on County Rd. 16 just north of the town
• Hillsdale which is on the west side of Hwy 93 south of the town
• Midhurst which is on the east side of County Rd. 27 approx 5 km north of Barries Bayfield Street
• Stayner which is on the north side County Rd 91 (Main Street) approx. 1 km west of the intersection of Main and King Streets
• Forest Home which is on the north side of Hwy 11 at Oro-Medonte line 14
• Brechin, which is on the west side of Hwy 12 at the intersection of 12 and Hwy 169 north of brechin

Patrol Truck Numbers

• Patrol 70 is Barrie Main yard (Stayner and Midhurst are both satellite yards) TG KMC-10
• Patrol 71 is Coldwater Main yard (Hillsdale is a satellite yard) TG KMC-11
• Patrol 72 is Forest Home Main yard (Brechin is a satellite yard)
• Patrol 73 is Cookstown Main yard TG KMC-9

Patrols above have there road and weather reports on Talk Group-KMC 0

Winter road patrolling is performed 24 / 7 out of the four main yards for the winter months. The satellite yards have equipment which is deployed after being ordered out by the patrollers of the main yards. The equipment is a variety of snow plows, sanders, combination units, (Plows and sanders) and tankers for Direct Liquid Applications of salt/brine. There are approximately 40 units in total.

Eastern Region Patrol Yards

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Here is some info on winter operations on the eastern region from MTO Mtce Superintendent Terry in the Kingston area.

Terry's area is the yellow and green colours; the yellow line on hwy 401 should run to the west of Kingston to a turnaround just west of Camden East km maker 589; it's shown in red now, Patrol 51's west limits.

The Patrols that I manage are the ones in the fifties 51, 52, 53 and 54 with the A's and B's as the sub yards. Generally the patrolling units run out of the main yards but I have patrollers running out of Camden east 51A to cover hwy 33 Kingston to Glenora Ferry and out of Crosby 51B too on hwy 15 hwy 401 to Smith Falls just because of the distances and so the main patroller stays on Hwy 401. Once the storm starts the 51A and B patrollers then become plow / spreader operators and relay conditions to the 51 patroller.

My contractor is TWD Roads Management Inc. you may have seen this name on trucks or signs at yards or on the Hwys they maintain. In my area TWD has 58 plows and spreader units which have specific routes for each unit that run out all the 9 yards in my area.

I'm one of four Maintenance Superintendents in the Region,the others are Dave Harris with the Patrol numbers in the 60's. He and I are both in Kingston, Jim MacLaurin with the patrols in 70's works in the Ottawa Area, and John Potts in Bancroft with 43xx numbers.