Reference Environmental Management Documents

Standard Specifications

• Standard Specifications for Highway Construction
  • See Volume 1
    • Section 165 - Protection of the Environment
  • See Volume 2
    • Section 700 - Wildlife Exclusion Fencing
    • Section 751 - Topsoil and Landscape Grading
    • Section 754 - Planting of Trees, Shrubs and Ground Covers
    • Section 757 - Revegetation Seeding
    • Section 766 - Irrigation
    • Section 769 - Protection and Retention of Vegetation

• Technical Circulars

Best Practices

• Manuals

  • Environmental Best Practices for Highway Maintenance Activities (January 2018) (PDF, 636.6 KB)

  • Best Practices for Managing Invasive Plants on Roadsides - A Pocket Guide for B.C.’s Maintenance Contractors (2015 Edition)

• Videos

  • Environmental Best Practices for Highway Maintenance Activities
  • Working Around Birds and Bats When Washing Bridges
  • How to Install a Sediment Fence

Policies and Guidelines

• Addressing Climate Change
• Environmental Regulatory Compliance For British Columbia Highway Development and Operation
• Landscape Design Management
• Noise Policy and Mitigation
• Bridge Drainage Collection and Treatment Environmental, Design and Operational Issues Guidelines (PDF, 838 KB - December 2014)
• Guidelines for Environmental Design of Highway Drainage (PDF, 5.7 MB - May 2009)
• Guidelines for Use of Treated Wood In and Around Aquatic Environments and Disposal of Treated Wood (PDF, 5.2 MB - October 2013
• Manual of Control of Erosion and Shallow Slope Movement (PDF, 6 MB - August 1997)