Title
Road and street rights-of-way widths fixed
Law
Executive Order No. 47
Decision Date
Jul 7, 1936
Executive Order No. 47 mandates a sixty-meter right-of-way for national and provincial roads and a minimum of fifteen meters for other streets on public land to ensure the preservation of timber and promote roadside beautification.

Policy and purpose

  • The Order preserves the natural growth of timber along proposed roads.
  • The Order provides for appropriate planting and roadside beautification.

Scope: roads and streets through public land

  • Rights-of-way width rules apply to national and provincial roads constructed through public land.
  • Rights-of-way width reservations apply when laying out principal streets of town sites located on public land.
  • Rights-of-way width rules also apply to other streets within town sites located on public land.

Fixed rights-of-way widths

  • The width of the rights-of-way for national and provincial roads through public land is fixed at sixty meters.
  • A sixty-meter right-of-way must be reserved when laying out the principal streets of town sites located on public land.
  • A minimum width of fifteen meters must be provided for other streets in town sites located on public land.

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