Access Planning Sample Clauses

Access Planning. In the case of most of the blocks, access to allow for harvesting, hauling and silviculture is currently available via established all-weather roads. Where new access is required across Crown Land, it has been identified on the 1:20,000 maps (Appendix 2). Any access across Crown land, whether creating new or upgrading existing access, will require a work permit from the MNR and is also likely to require an Overlapping License from Timiskaming Forest Alliance Inc. Access will consist of both summer (frost free) and winter (frozen) road construction. Summer road construction is generally all weather gravel roads that remain in place for a number of years. Winter road construction is generally frozen mineral soil, organic material, snow and ice that remain in place for the winter only. Road maintenance is usually comprised of grading, snow plowing and sanding, washout repair, brushing and roadbase repair due to frost/water/sand hole development. Road corridor right of way widths through areas of concern will be 15 meters, and through non-harvest areas 20 meters. In some situations where line of sight becomes a safety factor, road corridor widths through non-harvest areas could be 25 to 30 meters. Both summer and winter access roads could be used for a number of years depending on location and number of operational blocks accessed. In the event that access is required across private land, access agreements with the landowner(s) which give the right to harvest the access road right of way, construct and maintain the access road across the property will be developed. These agreements will vary in duration but have to remain in place for the necessary period of time to complete the planned operations, including harvesting and silviculture. The private land agreements and work permit applications will be part of the AWS submission where feasible. It will be necessary in some situations to review and plan access roads well in advance of the AWS preparation to ensure the necessary agreements and permits are in place for the AWS submission. Access road construction and maintenance generally utilize bull dozers, excavators, rock trucks, dump trucks, graders, plow and sand trucks.