City of Greater Sudbury Transportation Study Report

Greater Sudbury staff should encourage the inclusion of features such as landscaping,
buffers, sidewalks, transit stops, bicycle paths, median strips and boulevards during the
design of roads where appropriate and feasible. And in doing so, ensure that sufficient
right-of-way width is available to implement the design features.
Sidewalks should be provided on both sides of urban arterial roads and collector roads
adjacent to developed lands, and on at least one side of all local roads.
Truck climbing lanes should be provided on roads with steep grades and a large volume of
truck traffic.
Greater Sudbury Standard Drawings for the design of roads should be used and
supplemented with design standards contained in the Ministry of Transportation (MTO)
Geometric Design Manual and Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Geometric
Design Guide for Canadian Roads.
For the design of bikeways in Greater Sudbury, the Bicycle Advisory Committee Reference
Manual dated August 1997 should be used as a guideline until such time an updated
version of the manual is complete. Consideration should also be given to Planning and
Design Guidelines for Shared Road Bikeways, Shoulder Bikeways, Bike Lanes and Bike
Paths published by the Ministry of Transportation.
CITY OF GREATER SUDBURY
OFFICIAL PLAN BACKGROUND REPORT
September 2005 Page 104