However, past experiences have shown the authority has backed out of other bus
operator safety provisions.
Not exact matches
He also spoke at the meeting about maintaining
provisions that protect the
safety of highway workers and bus
operators, as well as maintaining «Safe Streets» language, which, according to the release, aims to ensure that new infrastructure is designed in a manner that helps protect pedestrians.
Cuomo's proposal will «add a new
provision to authorize OTDA to designate a «Temporary
Operator» for homeless shelters and OCFS as it relates to residential programs for victims of domestic violence and runaway and homeless youth programs where the current
operator has been found to have significant financial, operational, or health and
safety issues,» the proposal says.
«This
provision will provide for the removal of
operators where there exists serious financial, health or
safety issues to protect shelter residents and prevent significant costs to the state,» Azzopardi said.
The province passed the Act after a series of strikes in 1999 and 2001, which seriously affected the
provision of health care, which were followed by strikes in 2006 - 2007 by highway workers, snow plow
operators, and corrections workers, all of which created significant concerns about public
safety.