The City of Vaughan collects and stores a wide range of infrastructure engineering drawings. These drawings can be requested by the public at any time (administration fees apply). If you already know the type of drawing(s) you are looking for, you may submit a drawing request online. Please refer to the summary below for descriptions of all the types of drawings available. 

 

 

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Cross Section | Sample Drawing (PDF)
A cross section drawing is a cutaway or section view of proposed infrastructure. This view allows a better visualization of the layers involved in the construction. A cross section also known as a “typical section” generally shows additional details which apply to all corresponding construction in the drawing set (i.e., layers of a new pavement structure, pipe bedding and backfill, layers of a retaining wall, etc.) True cross sections show detailed information at specific points.

Detail | Sample Drawing (PDF)
A detail drawing provides further detail or specification about certain areas of an object such as streetlights, bridges, tunnels, roadways, assembly, or parts that are generally shown in less detail within large-scale drawings.

General | Sample Drawing A (PDF) | Sample Drawing B (PDF)
A general drawing can consist of two categories:

• General Notes: This is a sheet included in a construction set of drawings which gives generic specifications which apply to all subsequent drawings in the set. Such specification may give relevant details which individual drawings in the set may be lacking.
• General Plan: This is a small-scale plan showing an entire construction area, intended to provide an overall illustration of the scope and nature of the construction, often lacking specific construction details.

Grading Plan | Sample Drawing (PDF)
A grading plan shows the various elevations and slopes to be constructed in a development. It is intended to show the cut and fill necessary on a site and how water will drain on the completed site.

Pavement Marking | Sample Drawing (PDF)
Pavement marking drawings are plan view drawings identifying the traffic roadway, and the markings on a road or parking facility. These marking can consist of lane arrows, stop lines, pedestrian crosswalks, parking lot lines, bike lane direction and much more.

Plan and Profile | Sample Drawing (PDF)
Plan and profile drawings are engineering drawings which show a plan view and a corresponding cutaway profile view on the same sheet. They typically show roads, and may include various underground utility information as well, such as sewers and watermains.

• Sanitary pumping stations are facilities designed to store and move wastewater from a lower to higher elevation by the use of wet-wells, pumping equipment and forcemains. Pumping station equipment and systems are often installed in an enclosed structure.
  
• Water pumping stations are facilities designed to ensure adequate pressure, flows and velocities in the water distribution system. Key equipment in water pumping stations includes pumping systems and valves.

• Traffic management plans depict the layout of the future transportation network including the road network, pedestrian and cycling network and transit network, as applicable. They show the classifications of the various roadways, including local and/or collector roadways, as well as the recommended methods of traffic control and/or traffic calming measures such as traffic signals, stop signs, pedestrian crossings and transit stop locations. The recommendations or requirements presented in traffic management plans are informed by other technical analyses, such as from a transportation impact study.
  
  
• A transportation impact study is required for most development to assess the existing, background, and future transportation network of a given area to understand the incremental impacts placed on the various networks as development progresses. A transportation impact study will rely on traffic counts and field data of vehicular traffic as well as active transportation to assess and forecast both existing and future operations. It will also determine the appropriate improvements to the network, modifications or additions to the network, methods of traffic control and traffic calming measures as appropriate and as required based on the scale and complexity of the development.