GUIDE TO THE APPLICATION OF THE REGULATION RESPECTING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF FORESTS IN THE DOMAIN OF THE STATE

 

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Chapter V – Roads, sandpits and forest infrastructures
Division II – Roads
§4. Stabilization of excavated soils and road embankments and diversion of runoff

Section 78

The 20-m distance referred to in section 75, the first paragraph of section 76 and section 77 is measured from the limit that separates the stand from the open peat bog with a pond, a marsh, a riparian swamp, a lake or a permanent watercourse or from the upper limit of the bank of the intermittent watercourse. In the presence of a riparian ecotone, the measurement is made from the limit of the ecotone farthest from the environment to be protected.

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Objective

  • To clarify the scope of the Regulation respecting the sustainable development of forests in the domain of the State

Evacuation of runoff water from the roadway surface

Figure 75 Evacuation of runoff water from the roadway surface

Diversion of water flowing at the foot of a road embankment

Figure 76A Diversion of water flowing at the foot of a road embankment

Distance between diversions of water flowing at the foot of a road embankment and stabilization of the fill and slopes

Figure 76B Distance between diversions of water flowing at the foot of a road embankment and stabilization of the fill and slopes

Blocking and diversion of water flowing in a felling or hauling trail

Figure 77 Blocking and diversion of water flowing in a felling or hauling trail