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The Engineering Program in the South
Island Forest District is responsible for:
- Monitoring and enforcing engineering standards
on forest roads on Crown land.
- Establishing, regulating and monitoring Forest
Service Roads for current conditions and use.
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The South Island Forest District has 45 forest service roads,
with an overall length of 651 kilometres. The majority of these
roads are accessible to the public and will take you to wilderness
spots with special values.
Forest roads throughout the South Island Forest District are
being managed with greater concerns for the environment, thanks to
public interest and due to an increase in pro-active action by
government and industry. Perhaps no other forest management process
has adversely affected the health of watersheds more than road
construction. The following objectives are important to the design,
construction and management on roads:
a) Protection of the environment
b) Protection of the values of the road
c) Protection of the travelling Public
d) Minimizing road maintenance costs
Fore more information of Forest Service Roads visit our
FSR
Information webpage.
Public input regarding the management of forest roads is welcomed
and the public are encouraged to discuss any issues they may have
regarding forest roads with the licensees operating in that
particular area.
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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.
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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 also see the Contractor Information section on the
district home page 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, forward a completed equipment information sheet to:
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
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 WorkSafe
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 WorkSafe is mandatory.
This page was updated on May 18, 2010
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