Divisions, Branches, and Boards
Administrative Services
Administrative Services Branch monitors and evaluates
management policies, and develops systems and procedures to ensure
effective and efficient operations of departmental functions.
Occupational Safety, Health and Risk Management
The Branch provides occupational health, safety and
risk management services to the Department. Services provided
include development of policies, work procedures and
educational/training programs.
Human Resource Services
The Human Resource Services function for Manitoba Transportation provides leadership support in Human Resources Management
and Pay and Benefit Services. The services include human
resource planning and management, recruitment and staffing,
compensation and benefits, job classification, labour and employee
relations, training and development, performance management, and
employment equity.
Financial Services
Financial Services provides executive management
direction, policy and program development, and administrative
support to all divisions of the Department. It provides central
accounting, budgetary, and financial services for the Department, as
well as personnel administration, payroll services, system
co-ordination and data processing services, management support, and
occupational health and safety programs.
Information Technology Services
The Information Technology Services Branch provides
the Department with automated information systems and services in
support of the business functions of the Department.
Construction & Maintenance
Construction & Maintenance Division ensures the
effective, efficient, and uniform delivery of the Construction and
Maintenance programs through the monitoring of the application of
standards and specifications, and selective post audit procedures.
Operational Services
Operational Services provides management, direction,
technical support and control in the delivery of the highway
construction and maintenance programs. Services provided to the
Regions by Operational Services include provision of management
systems and training for effective project and program control, the
delivery of special projects, the provision of Contracts services,
the provision of expert quality control advice and assistance, asset
management along with road information services.
Standard Construction Specifications
Work Zone Traffic Control Manual
Bridges & Structures
Bridges and Structures provide the design,
construction, and maintenance of bridges, grade separation
structures, overhead sign structures, weigh scale structures,
protective guardrail installations, and large culverts on highways
and roads under the jurisdiction of the Department.
The Regional Offices provide management,
administration, and field engineering services to deliver such
programs as the construction and maintenance of the Provincial Trunk
Highways and Provincial Roads networks, winter roads, roads in
former Local Government Districts, and Grant-in-Aid Programs to
municipalities, cities, towns and villages.
Engineering & Technical Services
Mechanical Equipment Services
Mechanical Equipment Services central office
provides fleet management assistance, including developing policies,
standards and specifications for the purchase, maintenance, repair
and disposal of the Department's equipment fleet.
Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering
provide specialized standards
and design, research, testing and evaluation services toward the
development and maintenance of structurally competent highway
embankments and pavements.
Traffic Engineering ensures that all traffic control
devices are designed, installed and maintained to established
standards on the provincial highway system to achieve the safe and
efficient movement of people and goods.
Northern Airports provides for the operation of
maintenance of provincial airports and all auxiliary facilities in
remote and isolated communities of northern Manitoba in
consideration of communities' transportation and emergency needs.
The Airports Branch also administers two Airport Assistance Programs
for non-provincial airports.
The Department also owns and operates seven ferries
(four cable ferries and three motor vessels) to provide a
transportation link to the provincial road system for the movement
of people and goods to and from several remote communities.
Highway Planning & Design
Highway Planning and Design provides management direction to
the Engineering & Technical Services Division; plans and
protects the existing highway system; and provides for its future
needs by comprehensive and integrated consideration of the traffic
demand, engineering factors, social economic factors, and
environmental issues.
Transportation Policy, Planning & Development
Transportation Policy, Planning and Development Division advises and
supports government in the development of transportation policies,
plans, programs and legislation, and facilitates departmental
corporate planning.
Policy and Service Development provides policy
advice and options on transportation issues; promotes and defends
Manitoba's interests before the federal government and its agencies;
facilitates and assists public and private sector transportation
initiatives is support of economic and social development, and
responds to requests for information and help on transportation
issues.
Manitoba International Gateway Strategy (MIGS) Manitoba Transportation and Government Services have developed an overarching strategy to advance Manitoba’s position as a sustainable transportation and distribution gateway of choice for North American mid-continent global commerce and international travel. This is an overview of the Manitoba International Gateway Strategy that encompasses six inter-related initiatives: - Manitoba International Gateway Council
- Winnipeg Inland Port
- Inland Marine Container Terminal
- Winnipeg Global Air Traffic Development
- Churchill Gateway Development
- International Mid-Continent Trade and Transportation Corridor
Transportation Minister’s Presentation to the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce (PDF, 11.6 MBs)
Systems Planning & Development develops a
strategic highway infrastructure and systems plan that meets present
and future transportation needs and contributes to the Province's
sustainable economic development.
Corporate Services
The Corporate Services group provides a wide range
of professional management support services to the Department.
Compliance & Regulatory Services provides
uniform inspection of motor carriers and related permit services to
ensure compliance with The Highway Traffic Act, The Dangerous Goods
Handling and Transportation Act, The Motive Fuel Tax Act, and The
Gasoline Tax Act.
Transportation Safety & Regulation (TSR) is responsible for
the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of
minimum safety standards federally and provincially for commercial
vehicles, drivers and motor carriers at the corporate level.
Additionally, TSR is responsible for the safety compliance monitoring
and enforcement issues respecting short line Intra-Provincial
Railways.
Highway Traffic Board
The Highway Traffic Board schedules public hearings to
consider applications for permits for access driveways onto, and
structures adjacent to, limited access highways. The Board is also
responsible for controlling the erection of advertising signs in
accordance with the Board's Advertising Sign Policy. The Board also
deals with the removal or establishment of control lines lying
adjacent to limited access highways and the designation of limited
access highways. It is also responsible for the administration of all
speed limits throughout the Province, including the City of Winnipeg.
The board also is responsible for the approval of traffic control
devices and their design, municipal weight by laws, bridge closures
and restrictions, and by-laws for parking in alley-ways.
Licence Suspension Appeal Board / Medical Review Committee
The Licence Suspension Appeal Board hears appeals of
individuals who have had their driver's licences suspended by the
Courts or the Registrar of Motor Vehicles. The board hears appeals for
suspensions, cancellations, or denials of Driving School Permits,
Driving School Instructor Permits, Automobile Dealers Permits, and
Salesmen's Permits.
Motor Transport Board
The Motor Transport Board is an independent economic
regulatory tribunal established under Part VIII of The Highway Traffic
Act. The Board ensures Manitobans are provided adequate transportation
service at reasonable cost.
The Taxicab Board is an independent quasi-judicial
administrative tribunal established under the authority of The
Manitoba Taxicab Act.
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