As a single-tire municipality, the City of Barrie (referred herein as “the City”) has jurisdiction over the transportation system from arterial roads to local streets, cycling and walking infrastructure as well as providing transit service through Barrie Transit.
The City’s Official Plan and Transportation Master Plan (which includes a detailed Active Transportation and Transit Plan) provide a general outline of development patterns and long range planning of the City’s road, transit and active transportation network to support planned growth. As specifics of a development are known, it is necessary to examine its impacts on the transportation network. The onus is on the developer to conduct a Transportation Impact Study (TIS) to address the transportation-related issues of the development and obtain approval of the study.
The City’s TIS Guidelines have been compiled to outline the process and structure required to produce a comprehensive TIS for the City.
About Infrastructure Standards
The City’s infrastructure standards (standards) help to ensure Barrie’s community is consistently provided with safe, reliable and quality services. Users of the standards are encouraged to adhere to the standards to the greatest extent possible and to reference the infrastructure standards list to obtain current standards with each new project. Feedback can be emailed to Infrastructure.Standards@barrie.ca.