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Industrial Use Forest Service Roads
These are roads that are owned and operated
by the ministry but maintenance is delegated to
an industrial user.
Public Use Forest Service Roads
These are roads which access a year-round
residential area with its own Post Office, or
either a school located within it or school bus
route to or from it. Populated reserves are
included in this definition. They do not include
roads that provide access to seasonal cabins,
isolated residences, commercial operations,
parks or recreation sites.
Public Use Forest Service Road Maintenance
Standards include user safety maintenance
activities such as road surface maintenance and
sight line brushing as well as those activities
required for the protection of the
environment. User safety maintenance activities
will be commensurate with the types of vehicles
and pattern of use.
Wilderness Forest Service Roads
These are roads that are not defined as
public or industrial use and where the
responsibility for maintenance is not
transferred or funded on a user-maintained
basis. Provision of access is not a ministry
priority on wilderness roads.
Wilderness Forest Service Roads Maintenance
Standards include those activities required for
the protection of the environment, activities do
not include surface maintenance or site line
brushing. As such, only bridge repair and those
maintenance projects required to mitigate
environmental problems, like mass wasting or
washouts which may impact residential or worker
safety, improvements, or natural resources will
be carried out. Wilderness maintenance
activities will include culvert and bridge
removal, water bars, partial or full pullback of
side slopes and cross ditches. Washouts or road
slumps may not be repaired.
The Ministry of Forests invites equipment owners
to register their equipment for forest service road
and bridge construction and maintenance work by
advertising in local newspapers each year. Please
see the Contractor Opportunity section for further information.
From the response of the advertisements and
update letters a provincial list of equipment is
compiled. Every effort is made to ensure that
available work is fairly and equitably distributed
to local equipment owners. However, due to the
restricted numbers and sizes of day labour projects,
there is no guarantee that all equipment listed will
be hired in any particular year.
The list is always open to the new registrants.
If you want to be on the list, forwards a completed
equipment information sheet to:
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ENGINEERING SECTION
RESOURCE TENURES AND ENGINEERING BRANCH
Ministry of Forests and Range
PO Box 9510 (3rd Floor, 727 Fisgard
Street)
Victoria , B.C. V8W 9C2
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Rental Rates:
The rental rates that are used for the various
pieces of equipment for payment purposes are those
shown in The Blue Book, B.C. Road Builders and Heavy
Construction Association Equipment Rental Rate
Guide.
Insurance and WCB:
Equipment must have comprehensive general
liability insurance as specified in the equipment
rental agreement and you must provide evidence of
such insurance before beginning work. Operators may
obtain a Province of B.C. Certificate of Insurance
form from the district office and have their
insurance agent complete the form. Registration with
WCB is mandatory.
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