Securing Loads

IMPORTANT: Secure your Materials When Travelling on Roads, Streets and/or Highways

It is common to see vehicles traveling on streets, roads or highways hauling materials to CBRM’s Waste Management Facility. Some drivers may forget to properly secure and/or tarp their materials, which could cause debris to escape along the way. When bringing items to one of CBRM’s waste management sites, please make sure your materials are tied down, secure and/or covered before travelling. Materials from an unsecure load can shift, become loose, move around and escape from a moving vehicle which becomes a hazard to other drivers, and leads to unsightly litter and possible legal repercussions.

To stop this, the enforcement officer for the solid waste department will be issuing a ticket to any driver arriving at the Waste Management Site with an unsecure load. This initiative will be ongoing.

Securing Loads When traveling on Roads, Streets or Highways in CBRM

The constable continues to monitor vehicles transporting waste materials to make sure it is contained, properly tarped and secure when travelling on roads or streets. Since starting this work in May, 2024, the constable has observed over 100,800 vehicles travelling to the Waste Management site or Camdon Recycling Ltd. with material to drop-off at these sites. To date, the constable has issued 60+ warnings and issued ONE ticket for this offence.

Warnings Issued: 60+

Number of Tickets Issued: 1

Charge for Unsecure Load:

Motor Vehicle Act:

Dropping Contents of Vehicle and Mudguards

199 (1) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent its contents from dropping, shifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom. The fine for this offence is $237.50