{"id":95436,"date":"2018-05-22T11:33:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T15:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/RADF\/section-115\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:17:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:17:05","slug":"section-115","status":"publish","type":"cpt_radf","link":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-v\/section-115\/","title":{"rendered":"Section 115"},"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 IV &#8211; Road signs<br \/>\u00a71. Provisions applicable to roads<\/p>\n<h1>Section 115<\/h1>\n<p>Every person authorized to build or improve a road must, at the end of the work, post the following elements: mandatory stops, dangerous curves and intersections, steep slopes, level crossings, rock fall areas; truck crossings, unsawn timber transportation areas, narrow passages and restricted visibility areas, the number of the road, kilometre markers, the maximum speed on main roads and all situations potentially dangerous for the users of the road. The foregoing also applies to a person who repairs a road. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/drapeau-texte.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"disposition\">\n<h2>1<\/h2>\n<h4>Objective<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To ensure the safety of forest road users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Every person authorized to close a road must, at the intersection of the road crossing the closed road, signal the closure of the road, the presence of gates or obstacles, if applicable, and the removal of bridges or culverts where the closure of the road is permanent. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/drapeau-texte.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"disposition\">\n<h2>2<\/h2>\n<h4>Objective<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To ensure the safety of forest road users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Additional information<\/h4>\n<p>Citizens, companies or organizations wishing to obtain the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec.ca\/agriculture-environnement-et-ressources-naturelles\/forets\/ponts-chemins-forestiers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closure of a road on land in the domain of the State<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lien_externe.png\" alt=\"This link opens a new window\" width=\"16\" height=\"15\" \/> (in French only)\u00a0may request either temporary or permanent closure.<\/p>\n<p>The procedure and form can be found in the <a title=\"This link opens a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn-contenu.quebec.ca\/cdn-contenu\/forets\/documents\/ponts\/GM_demandeur_fermeture_chemin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guide<\/a>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lien_externe.png\" alt=\"This link opens a new window\" width=\"16\" height=\"15\" \/> (in French only) and <a title=\"This link opens a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn-contenu.quebec.ca\/cdn-contenu\/forets\/documents\/ponts\/FO_demande_fermeture_chemin.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">form<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lien_externe.png\" alt=\"This link opens a new window\" width=\"16\" height=\"15\" \/> (in French only) for applications for closure of a multi-purpose road.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Art115A_anglais-web.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Road sign indicating permanent closure of a road\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Art115A_anglais-web.jpg\" alt=\"Road sign indicating permanent closure of a road\" width=\"380\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Figure 115A<\/span>\u00a0Road sign indicating permanent closure of a road<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Art115B_anglais-web.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Road sign indicating permanent closure of a road\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Art115B_anglais-web.jpg\" alt=\"Road sign indicating permanent closure of a road\" width=\"380\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Figure 115B<\/span>\u00a0Road sign indicating permanent closure of a road<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Art115C_anglais-web.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Road sign indicating permanent closure of a road\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Art115C_anglais-web.jpg\" alt=\"Road sign indicating permanent closure of a road\" width=\"380\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Figure 115C<\/span> Road sign indicating permanent closure of a road<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Road signs must comply with, as the case may be, the standards in chapter 2 or 3 of <a title=\"This link opens a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca\/produits-en-ligne\/ouvrages-routiers\/normes\/collection-normes\/tome-v-signalisation-routiere-volumes-1-2-et-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Volume V of the Signalisation routi\u00e8re <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lien_externe.png\" alt=\"This link opens a new window\" \/><\/a>\u00a0(in French only) manual determined and set out by the Minister of Transport under the second paragraph of section 289 of the <a title=\"This link opens a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/document\/cs\/C-24.2#se:289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Highway Safety Code <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lien_externe.png\" alt=\"This link opens a new window\" \/><\/a>\u00a0(chapter C-24.2) or the standards of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-contenu.quebec.ca\/cdn-contenu\/forets\/documents\/ponts\/GM_signalisation_routiere_forets.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guide de signalisation routi\u00e8re sur les terres du domaine de l\u2019\u00c9tat<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lien_externe.png\" alt=\"This link opens a new window\" width=\"16\" height=\"15\" \/> (in French only), published by the Minister responsible for the administration of the <a title=\"This link opens a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/ShowDoc\/cs\/A-18.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sustainable Forest Development Act <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/lien_externe.png\" alt=\"This link opens a new window\" \/><\/a>\u00a0(chapter A-18.1).\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/drapeau-texte.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"disposition\">\n<h2>3<\/h2>\n<h4>Objectives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To ensure the safety of forest road users<\/li>\n<li>To ensure that road signs are consistent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>All road and traffic signs must be installed with care, facing vehicles, so as to be perfectly visible even at night. No obstacle such as vegetation or a snow bank must reduce the visibility of the signs. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/drapeau-texte.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"disposition\">\n<h2>4<\/h2>\n<h4>Objective<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To ensure the safety of forest road users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\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-95436","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 115 - 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-115\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Section 115 - 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 IV &#8211; Road signs\u00a71. 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