262(1)Subject to subsection (3), local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may by by-law or resolution prohibit the operation of vehicles or any class or classes of vehicles to be operated on any such highway whenever by reason of climatic conditions that highway would in the opinion of the local authority be seriously damaged or destroyed except for such prohibition or restrictions.

262(2)Notice of any prohibition or restriction imposed under the authority of subsection (1) shall be given by signs posted in appropriate places throughout the municipality or throughout the limits of the local authority where the restrictions apply to the highways in general, otherwise on or near the highway affected.

262(3)Where a local authority imposes restrictions as to the mass of vehicles to be operated on a provincial highway within its limits, the mass permitted shall not be less than the mass permitted on the provincial highway outside its limits by the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure under the authority of the Highway Act.

262(4)Notwithstanding subsection 113(2), a by-law or resolution made under the authority of this section is not subject to the approval of the Registrar.

262(1)Subject to subsection (3), local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may by by-law or resolution prohibit the operation of vehicles or any class or classes of vehicles to be operated on any such highway whenever by reason of climatic conditions that highway would in the opinion of the local authority be seriously damaged or destroyed except for such prohibition or restrictions.

262(2)Notice of any prohibition or restriction imposed under the authority of subsection (1) shall be given by signs posted in appropriate places throughout the municipality or throughout the limits of the local authority where the restrictions apply to the highways in general, otherwise on or near the highway affected.

262(3)Where a local authority imposes restrictions as to the mass of vehicles to be operated on a provincial highway within its limits, the mass permitted shall not be less than the mass permitted on the provincial highway outside its limits by the Minister of Transportation under the authority of the Highway Act.

262(4)Notwithstanding subsection 113(2), a by-law or resolution made under the authority of this section is not subject to the approval of the Registrar.