Chapter V – Roads, sandpits and forest infrasructures

Division I – Scope

Section 62. Types of roads covered

Division II – Roads

§1. General

Section 63. Waste and other residual materials, safety devices and road signs
Section 64. Repairs
Section 65. Notice describing repair work

§2. Prohibited construction, improvement or repair

Section 66. Construction or improvement of a road across a lake
Section 67. Construction or improvement of a road near an aquatic or wetland environment
Section 68. Repair of a road near an aquatic or wetland environment
Section 69. Measurement of distances to be respected
Section 70. Construction or improvement of a road in an open peat bog

§3. Road implantation features

Section 71. Right-of-way of a road
Section 72. Materials from the right-of-way

§4. Stabilization of excavated soils and road embankments and diversion of runoff

Section 73. Stabilization
Section 74. Natural drainage
Section 75. Runoff from the roadway surface
Section 76. Water flowing at the foot of a road embankment
Section 77. Water flowing in a felling or hauling trail
Section 78. Measurement of distances to be respected
Section 79. Drainage channel

§5. Maintenance and closure of a road

Section 80. Maintenance
Section 81. Closure

§6. Winter roads

Section 82. Natural drainage
Section 83. Runoff water

§7. Control of the access of motorized vehicles to sugar bushes

Section 84. Permission to control access
Section 85. Conditions to be met

Division III – Bridge, culverts, removable structures and rudimentary structures

§1. General

Section 86. Free flow of water, carrying of sediments and stabilization times

§2. Prohibited construction, improvement or repair

Section 87. Bridge or culvert to cross a lake
Section 88. Bridge or culvert on a winter road or in a felling or hauling trail
Section 89. Bridge, culvert or removable structure in a spawning ground
Section 90. Work in a salmonid watercourse
Section 91. Exceptions for work authorized under the Environment Quality Act
Section 92. Period for completion of work

§3. Drying of work area

Section 93. Coffer dams and structures for the temporary diversion of a watercourse
Section 94. Composition of coffer dams and piers in a salmonid watercourse

§4. General provisions applicable to bridges or culverts

Section 95. Stabilization of a road embankment
Section 96. Stabilization of a watercourse bed
Section 97. Maintenance by regular users of a road
Section 98. Minimum clearance for free passage of boats
Section 99. Stabilization, compaction, spring inspection and correction
Section 100. Fill
Section 101. Discharge capacity at peak flow
Section 102. Culvert with parallel conduits
Section 103. Conditions to determine whether free flow of fish must be ensured
Section 104. Crossing site where the free flow of fish need not be ensured
Section 105. Crossing site where the free flow of fish must be ensured (conduit depth of 20 or 30 %)
Section 106. Crossing site where the free flow of fish must be ensured (culvert including a conduit with outlets)

§5. Special provisions applicable to bridges or culverts with an arch

Section 107. Bridge or culvert with an arch
Section 108. Bridge or culvert with an arch
Section 109. Bridge

§6. Special provisions applicable to removable structures and rudimentary structures

Section 110. Types of roads on which removable structures are permitted
Section 111. Types of removable structures permitted at each period of the year
Section 112. Removal of a removable structure
Section 113. Types of roads on which rudimentary structures are permitted

§7. Stabilization of the bed, banks and riparian zone of a watercourse

Section 114. Stabilization requirements

Division IV – Road signs

§1. Provisions applicable to roads

Section 115. Road and traffic signs
Section 116. Sign maintenance

§2. Provisions applicable to bridges

Section 117. Road and traffic signs

Division V – Sandpits

§1. Scope

Section 118. Types of sandpits covered

§2. Sandpit operating area and organic matter storage area

Section 119. Location in proximity to an aquatic or wetland environment and diversion of runoff water
Section 120. Site restoration
Section 121. Location in proximity to certain places and territories
Section 122. Location in proximity to certain territories protected by law
Section 123. Operation above the level of groundwater

Division VI -Piling areas, forest camps and facilities used to operate a sugar bush

§1. Piling area

Section 124. Location in proximity to a road corridor or an aquatic or wetland environment
Section 125. Harvesting by partial cutting
Section 126. Harvesting by total cutting
Section 127. Site restoration

§2. Forest camps

Section 128. Location in proximity to an aquatic or wetland environment
Section 129. Site restoration

§3. Facilities used to operate a sugar bush

Section 130. Location in proximity to an aquatic or wetland environment

Chapter V