The 2025 annual meeting of the Good Roads Advisory Board of Past Presidents.

Quebec Room

The annual joint meeting of the Good Roads Board of Directors and the Good Roads Advisory Board of Past Presidents.

Quebec Room

Registration for the 2025 Good Roads Conference opens. Delegates can pick up their conference identification and other materials at the registration booth in the Convention Foyer located immediately adjacent to the main elevator area on the Convention Level.

Convention Foyer

Northwest Territories Room

Join Transportation Services staff to experience cycling and road safety projects throughout downtown Toronto, including raised cycle tracks, cycling-only spaces, community and school safety zones, and the first protected intersection in the downtown core, which uses the City’s Vision Zero geometric safety improvements. The majority of the tour will take place within protected bikeways or on streets with low vehicle volumes, with opportunities to explore recently upgraded cycling infrastructure on Bloor Street West and University Avenue.

Confederation 5 & 6

The Good Roads trade show boasts more than 100 exhibitors serving the municipal sector. Plan to take some time during the conference to visit our exhibitors. Booths can be found on the Convention Floor Foyer, Ballroom, Concert Hall, and Ontario Room.

Convention Foyer, Concert Hall, Ballroom, and Ontario Room.

British Columbia Room

Get reacquainted with old friends and make new ones. Join us in the exhibit halls on the Convention Level for the opening reception. Light food and refreshments will be provided. Refreshment stations can be found in the Concert Hall, Ballroom and the Convention Foyer. Be sure to visit with the exhibitors while you are there.

Convention Foyer, Concert Hall, and Ballroom

Registration for the 2025 Good Roads Conference. Delegates can pick up their conference identification and other materials at the registration booth in the Convention Foyer located immediately adjacent to the main elevator area on the Convention Level.

Convention Foyer

Delegates can partake in a delicious continental breakfast of assorted muffins and danishes, whole fresh fruit, juice, tea and coffee. This will be served in the foyer just outside the Canadian Room, Convention Level.

Convention Foyer

The Good Roads trade show boasts more than 100 exhibitors serving the municipal sector. Plan to take some time during the conference to visit our exhibitors. Booths can be found on the Convention Floor Foyer, Ballroom, Concert Hall, and Ontario Room.

Convention Foyer, Concert Hall, Ballroom, and Ontario Room.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow will provide civic greetings to delegates of the Good Roads Conference.

Canadian Room

Premier Doug Ford will deliver remarks then sit down with Good Roads Executive Director Scott Butler to discuss the province’s most pressing issues.

Canadian Room

Canadian Room

Coffee stations will be available throughout the exhibit halls (Concert Hall, Ballroom and Convention Foyer). Enjoy your morning coffee and have a chat with some of our many exhibitors.

Convention Foyer, Concert Hall, and Ballroom

Winners of the Good Roads Volunteer of the Year Award and Honourary Life Member Award will be presented with their respective awards to celebrate their achievements.

British Columbia Room

Ontario Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria will speak to delegates about the role the provincial government is playing in ensuring a robust and skilled workforce across the province.

Canadian Room

Canadian Room

Canadian Room

As the planner and operator of Ontario’s electricity system, the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) ensures we have a reliable, sustainable and affordable grid. With this exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the electricity system, operating in real-time, participants will learn more about the IESO role, as well as gain insights into how communities are critical in shaping our electricity future.

This tour takes you to three Ontario Line station sites: Queen, Osgoode and Queen-Spadina. Metrolinx will share how they’re preserving the historic building facades at future station sites, what it takes to build an underground tunnel through the heart of Toronto, and how this project is shaping land use and development.

The award recognizes the successful collaboration between the municipalities and contractors for project excellence and innovation.

Canadian Room

Annual General Meeting of the Association of Ontario Road Supervisors (AORS). Registration opens at 1:00 pm, meeting begins at 1:30 pm.

Imperial Room

Canadian Room

Canadian Room

Quebec Room

Canadian Room

Visit exhibitors in the Concert Hall, Ballroom, Convention Foyer, and Main Mezzanine.

Convention Foyer, Concert Hall, Ballroom, and Main Mezzanine

Northwest Territories Room

Confederation 5&6

British Columbia Room

Alberta Room

Tudor 7&8

Steamwhistle Brewery

Registration for the 2025 Good Roads Conference. Delegates can pick up their conference identification and other materials at the registration booth in the Convention Foyer located immediately adjacent to the main elevator area on the Convention Level.

Convention Foyer

Delegates can partake in a delicious continental breakfast of assorted muffins and danishes, whole fresh fruit, juice, tea and coffee. This will be served in the foyer just outside the Canadian Room, Convention Level.

Convention Foyer

The Good Roads trade show boasts more than 100 exhibitors serving the municipal sector. Plan to take some time during the conference to visit our exhibitors. Booths can be found on the Convention Floor Foyer, Ballroom, Concert Hall, and Ontario Room.

Convention Foyer, Concert Hall, Ballroom, and Ontario Room

Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Good Roads Association. All delegates from member municipalities and member First Nations are eligible to vote.

Canadian Room

Canadian Room

Canadian Room

Join conference keynote Wes Marshall for a book signing event after his presentation. Attendees will have the exclusive opportunity to meet Wes in person and purchase a copy of one of his latest books.

Salon A

“Over the past 5 years, Safe Roads Engineering has completed roadside safety hardware asset management projects for several Ontario municipalities. In general, these projects have produced an inventory of existing assets (i.e., guide rail, end treatments, and crash cushions), a condition assessment, and a prioritized work plan to implement the necessary improvements. In completing these projects, Safe Roads Engineering has identified common guide rail issues that have an impact on road user safety and can potentially create liability concerns for the road owner.

The presentation will start with an overview of the evolution of crash test standards and the changes that have occurred with the roadside safety hardware over the past 15 years with the implementation of AASHTO MASH hardware in Ontario. The presentation will then provide an overview of the common guide rail issues identified on municipal roadways. Examples of these issues include lack of delineation, out of tolerance mounting height, non-standard / obsolete guide rail systems and end treatments, improperly installed end treatments, and modifications to standard systems.

The presentation will then highlight the importance of completing an asset management plan for roadside safety hardware to address condition and safety performance concerns. An overview of the roadside safety hardware asset management plan process will be provided. This will include background information on the tools that Safe Roads Engineering has developed with Builterra to collect data in the field, assess the data, produce inspection reports, and ultimately develop a work plan for prioritized improvements to repair and replace existing roadside safety hardware.”

Quebec Room

Coffee stations will be available throughout the exhibit halls (Concert Hall, Ballroom and Convention Foyer). Enjoy your morning coffee and have a chat with some of our many exhibitors.

Convention Foyer, Concert Hall, and Ballroom

Alberta Room

Northwest Territories

Since 2019, CSA Group has partnered with representatives from public and private sector organizations to develop a new standard for wastewater management systems in Ontario. This new standard was developed to be applicable to both public and private organizations who own and/or operate wastewater systems. Conceptualization of this standard had strong support from Good Roads, the Water Environment Association of Ontario (WEAO), Ontario municipalities, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP), Greater Toronto Sewer & Watermain Contractors Association (GTSWCA), Ontario Sewer & Watermain Construction Association (OSWCA), and Ontario municipalities. This new CSA Group standard is meant to be adopted on a voluntary basis by any organization, public, or private.

A CSA Technical Committee was formed in early 2024 to develop this standard. After completion of the Draft Standard, as per CSA Group standard protocols, a public comment period was available for two months, until October 2024. The Technical Committee reviewed comments and finalized the standard, which will be published in the Spring of 2025.

The W217 WMSS standard will be made available to the public with free View-Access after its publication for a period of five (5) years and will also have the opportunity to purchase and download the standard in English or French language.

Takeaways
The mandated DWQMS has enabled municipalities to justify resources needed for buried drinking water mains. While the proposed WWMS is meant to be voluntary, having a WWMS to refer to as an industry standard, will assist municipal managers towards securing local council approval for funding MHs and sewer mains as well.

Confederation 5&6

Tudor 7&8

British Columbia Room

A tour of the Structural Testing Facilities (STF) in the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto’s downtown campus will showcase our existing world-class equipment and our newest project, a new strong floor to host our adjustable multidimensional testing frame (AMD).

The STF is among the top few testing facilities in North America and has received numerous awards for the quality of research performed. The main laboratory facility spans the basements of the Sandford Fleming and the Galbraith building and includes numerous ancillary facilities such as a concrete mixing laboratory, machine shop, welding bay and woodworking area.

The original Structures Laboratory, opened in 1960, provided the department with one of the best such facilities in North America at the time. Experiments conducted in the laboratory have contributed significantly to the development of Canadian structural engineering codes and practice. The noteworthy contributions were accomplished using full-scale building elements of concrete, steel, timber and glass.

Metrolinx is upgrading Union Station to support the creation of a network that has the capacity to deliver two-way, all-day service every 15 minutes or better along core segments of the GO network. A tour at CIBC Square’s fourth floor park will provide an above look of site progress, including the new south passenger concourse and reconfigured platforms. Union is the gateway to the region and modernizing the station while preserve heritage features will expand capacity to meet transit needs now, and in the future. You will learn how Metrolinx is building more convenient platform access for customers and the unique construction techniques used when working in an area just 30 metres wide. The tour will also detail how improvements to Union Station are being done in phases and will allow approximately 80 trains per hour to move through the station once complete – quadruple current levels.

Northwest Territories Room

Bonnie Crombie, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, will deliver remarks then sit down with Good Roads Executive Director Scott Butler to discuss the province’s most pressing issues.

Ontario Minister of Infrastructure Kinga Surma will speak to delegates about the role the provincial government is playing in municipal infrastructure.

Convention Foyer, Concert Hall, and Ballroom

British Columbia Room

Alberta Room

Confederation 5&6

Northwest Territories Room

Safety is a core value at CN. Our ambition is to be the safest railroad in North America with an uncompromising commitment to the health and safety of our employees, the customers we serve and the communities and environment in which we operate. Over the last decade, there have been numerous advancements in safety and technology within the freight railway industry. This in-depth session will help communities better understand the strategies, technology and methods which CN employs to ensure safe and sustainable operations throughout our network. Including CN’s Fire and Suppression fleet, a custom-designed in-house fleet of three trains that can get fire fighting resources to remote and inaccessible areas.
Our aim is to educate you on what CN does, where we invest, and how innovation plays a huge role in our day to day efforts to ensure that goods CN moves get from A to B safely.

Manitoba Room

Join your fellow delegates for our afternoon reception where you can network, enjoy some hors d’oeuvres and refreshments and listen to some live music.

Imperial Room

Registration for the 2025 Good Roads Conference. Delegates can pick up their conference identification and other materials in the Toronto Room.

Toronto Room

Start your morning off right with a hot breakfast. Delegates can partake of pork sausage; scrambled eggs; waffles; hash brown; breads; seasonal fruit salad; assorted fruit and yogurt.

Convention Foyer

Outgoing Good Roads President Antoine Boucher will pass the gavel to incoming Good Roads President Cheryl Fort.

Canadian Room

Canadian Room

Canadian Room

Canadian Room

The competition showcases the ingenuity of municipal employees and recognizes innovations and achievements that improve the efficiency of municipal transportation and public works services and operations.

Canadian Room

The Final Word provides an opportunity to have your most vexing municipal government questions answered by an all-star roster of experts in the fields of administration, planning, law, construction, drainage, public works and more. Submit your questions in advance at the registration desk or live during the session!

Canadian Room

Good Roads President Antoine Boucher will close the 2024 Good Roads Conference.

Canadian Room

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