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.