72. The soil may not be removed over a width greater than the width of the right-of-way of the road during the construction, improvement, repair or maintenance of a road.
The soil, organic debris and materials removed during the construction, improvement or repair of a road may not be deposited outside the right-of-way. Where they are deposited in the zone between the road shoulder and the limit of the right-of-way, they must be leveled.
In the case of a road crossing a watercourse, no material may be removed in the riparian ecotone or over a width of 20 m measured from the upper limit of the watercourse bank.
473-2017O.C. 473-2017, s. 72.