Apply for a Roadside Development Permit

1. A building or structure.
2. Any excavation including wells or dugouts, and the placing of embankments.
3. Planting trees, hedges, or shrubs.
4. Erecting any sign within 400m of the highway property line, except:
   
   • When a sign is less than 2 sq. m. in area and erected on property where goods and services are provided. 
   • When the sign is less than 2 sq. m. and used to advertise a local agricultural or unique activity located on property other than where the sign is erected.
5. Constructing approaches to a highway, including highways within a city, town or village (if the department maintains the right-of-way).  If an approach is permitted, the Ministry will specify the size of culvert required.  
6. Lighting Installations.
7. Utilities – Special Permits are required to install any utility along or across public highways.  This includes pipelines for water, sewer, oil or gas and above or below ground lines for power, telephones, etc.

• Approach - Any access off a provincial highway
• Roadside Development - Any construction work within 90 metres of a provincial highway
• Pipeline - Any work involving a pipeline (Oil, Gas, Sewer, Water, etc.)
  • Crossing/Parallel to Public Highway
  • Crossing or Parallel to Provincial Highway

• Utility - Anything that doesn’t already fall within the scope of roadside development or pipeline such as fibre optics, copper and power.
• Other - Anything that does not fit within any of the above such as, but not limited to parades, races, surveying, litter, clean-up, filming, etc.

Sight Triangle

Formed by the two roads or rights-of-way and a third line at an intersection, the sight triangle must be kept clear of obstructions such as hedges so that people in one road can see cars approaching on the other. The minimum seperation from the centreline of the intersecting roadway to an approach centreline is 90 m on the through highway.

The setback of objects along a provincial highway are put in place for various reasons:

• To protect the right-of-way for future widening;
• To control snow drifting;
• To maintain the integrity of the highway and protect the public investment
• To provide a safe driving environment.

Minimum Setback Lines on Provincial Highways

• Height of tower = Distance from the Property Line.
  
  • Reasoning: No possibility for a Tower to fall onto the roadway

Choose the appropriate permit application

• Download the Approach Permit Application
• Download the Roadside Development Permit Application
• Download the Pipeline Permit Application
• Download the RM Pipeline Permit Application
• Download the Utility Permit Application

Please send completed applications to: