{"id":95408,"date":"2018-05-22T09:32:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T13:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/RADF\/section-68\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:16:58","slug":"section-68","status":"publish","type":"cpt_radf","link":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-v\/section-68\/","title":{"rendered":"Section 68"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; module_class=&#8221;bg-radf&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row module_class=&#8221;wrapper-radf&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"titre-section\">Chapter V \u2013 Roads, sandpits and forest infrastructures<br \/>Division II &#8211; Roads<br \/>\u00a72. Prohibited construction, improvement or repair<\/p>\n<h1>Section 68<\/h1>\n<p>The repair of a road, other than a felling or hauling trail or other than a trail not intended for motorized all-terrain vehicles, is prohibited within 60 m from an open peat bog with a pond, a marsh, a riparian swamp, a lake or a permanent watercourse and within 30 m from an intermittent watercourse. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/drapeau-texte.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"disposition\">\n<h2>1<\/h2>\n<h4>Objectives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To preserve the integrity of an aquatic, wetland or riparian environment<\/li>\n<li>To avoid carrying sediment into an aquatic, wetland or riparian environment<\/li>\n<li>To obtain the operational flexibility required for certain forest development activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Additional information<\/h4>\n<p>The distance (60 m or 30 m) is calculated based on the outermost limit of the stream\u2019s ecotone. When present, the various open environments (open bog with pond, riparian shrub swamp) are part of the ecotone of the stream, lake or marsh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite the first paragraph, the repair of a road is allowed in the environments referred to in that paragraph where all the following conditions are met:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"alpha\">\n<li>no tree cutting is carried out in the strip of woodland referred to in <a href=\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-27\/\">section 27<\/a>, except the place occupied by the roadway, shoulders, ditches and embankments of the road under repair;<\/li>\n<li>no logging machine travels in the strip of woodland referred to in <a href=\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-27\/\">section 27<\/a>, except the place occupied by the roadway, shoulders, ditches and embankments of the road under repair;<\/li>\n<li>the repair work is not carried out from 15 December to 31 March;<\/li>\n<li>the road surface is profiled so that the runoff leaves the roadway on the side opposite to the environment to be protected;<\/li>\n<li>the water flowing at the foot of the embankments of a road is diverted towards vegetation areas more than 20 m away from the environment to be protected to prevent sediments from being carried into the environment or, if that condition cannot be met, settling ponds are built;<\/li>\n<li>measures are taken during the repair of the road to prevent at all times sediments from being carried into the environment to be protected.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/drapeau-texte.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"disposition\">\n<h2>2<\/h2>\n<h4>Objectives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To preserve the integrity of an aquatic, wetland or riparian environment<\/li>\n<li>To avoid carrying sediment into an aquatic, wetland or riparian environment<\/li>\n<li>To provide access to the territory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Additional information<\/h4>\n<p>Repair work on a road, bridge or culvert is governed by several sections of the Regulation. However, repair work is not included in the types of work (construction, improvement or closure of a multi-purpose road) that require authorization under the <a title=\"This link opens a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/document\/cs\/A-18.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Forest Development Act <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lien_externe.png\" alt=\"This link opens a new window\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":95265,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":""},"class_list":["post-95408","cpt_radf","type-cpt_radf","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Section 68 - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-v\/section-68\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Section 68 - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; module_class=&#8221;bg-radf&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row module_class=&#8221;wrapper-radf&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;] Chapter V \u2013 Roads, sandpits and forest infrastructuresDivision II &#8211; Roads\u00a72. 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