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Traffic & streets — Windsor, Ontario

In the City of Windsor, Ontario, truck route rule: No person shall move a vehicle exceeding Highway Traffic Act weight/dimensional limits without a Permit.; street obstruction: Permit required to break up, excavate, or occupy any portion of highway; goods may not remain on highway longer than 30 minutes without permit.; fines: Fine not exceeding the maximum prescribed by the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.33.; default speed limit: 50 km/h. Source: By-law 25-2010 (Protection of Highways in Windsor, amended 2020); Traffic By-law 9148, verified 2026-08-29.

By-law 25-2010 (Protection of Highways in Windsor, amended 2020) adopted bylaw

truck route rule	No person shall move a vehicle exceeding Highway Traffic Act weight/dimensional limits without a Permit.	s. 9.1
street obstruction	Permit required to break up, excavate, or occupy any portion of highway; goods may not remain on highway longer than 30 minutes without permit.	s. 2.1; s. 5.1; s. 3.1
fine range	Fine not exceeding the maximum prescribed by the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.33.	s. 12.3

scout note

Regulates excavation, obstruction and encroachment on highways/boulevards/sidewalks; requires permits for openings, trenches and construction affecting City streets.

Traffic By-law 9148 adopted bylaw

default speed limit	50 km/h	s. 35(8): "Fifty (50) kilometres per hour on any street other than on those streets as set out"
reduced speed zones	School zones: speed as specified in Schedule "T" during times specified therein (s. 36.2); 20 km/h zones per Schedule "I" (s. 35(1))	s. 36.2; s. 35(1) Schedule "I"
truck route rule	Vehicles 4,500 kg or more restricted to Schedule "H" truck routes; local delivery for lighter trucks (s. 33(2))	s. 33(2): "gross vehicle weight rating or registered gross weight of four thousand five hundred kilograms (4,500 kg.)"
street obstruction	No person shall obstruct, encumber, injure or foul any highway or portion thereof (s. 12)	s. 12: "No person shall obstruct, encumber, injure or foul any highway"
sidewalk or boulevard use	No vehicle on boulevard/sidewalk/footpath; bicycles, e-bikes, e-scooters prohibited on sidewalks (ss. 11, 25(1))	s. 11; s. 25(1): "No person shall ride a bicycle...or an electric kick-scooter (e-scooter) upon a sidewalk"
fine range	Not more than $1,000.00 exclusive of costs; skateboard offences not more than $20.00	s. 40a: "fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)"; s. 40b: "fine of not more than Twenty Dollars ($20.00)"

scout note

City-wide traffic by-law applying to highways under Windsor's jurisdiction. Part X sec 35 sets speed limits by schedule: 20 km/h on streets in Schedule I, 30 km/h in Schedule N, 40 km/h in Schedule J and 60 km/h in Schedule K. Sec 38(a) authorizes the Executive Director of Operations to designate construction zones and their speed limits. E-bikes may not