Clearing the Path Program
Res #: 11-21A
Number: 11
Year: 2021
Midterm: No
Expired: No
Responses Received: Yes
Departments: Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure
WHEREAS opting out of the Clearing the Path (CTP) Program can be done by either SARM or a participating municipality after providing 1 year notice to either party; and
WHEREAS significant dollars have been invested by the senior levels of government to ensure CTP primary weight trade corridors are developed and maintained to provide predictable and uniform access without having to obtain permits and pay fees to individual municipalities; and
WHEREAS there is no formal requirement that municipalities with adjoining corridors receive communication regarding a Clearing the Path designation change within their corridor.
BE IT RESOLVED that the mechanism for opting out of the Clearing the Path Program be reviewed and that SARM take a lead role in communication with all parties along the affected corridor; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that municipalities that request to opt out of the Clearing the Path Program be required to provide their rationale as part of their request.
Responses From: Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure
May 14, 2021
Clearing the Path (CTP) corridors are a component of the Rural Integrated Roads for Growth (RIRG) program which is co-managed by SARM and MoH.
The Program Management Board (PMB), comprised of SARM and MoH officials, works collaboratively to apportion the funding and establish policies in the delivery of all the various program components. I understand that the PMB has already discussed and changed processes to ensure all RMs along an impacted corridor will be notified and provided the rationale for the change (if the RM that opts out of CTP provides that rationale to SARM staff).
The Honourable Fred Bradshaw – Minister of Highways, Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure
