NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
2012FOR0101-000949
June 28, 2012
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
More backcountry roads to be kept open
VICTORIA – Amendments to the Occupiers Liability Act to help prevent resource road closures and reduce the possibility of injury-related lawsuits are now in effect, as the general public heads into the backcountry to enjoy B.C.’s wilderness this summer.
B.C. has an estimated 450,000 kilometres of resource roads that provide commercial and recreational links to vast expanses of the province’s backcountry. Currently roads that do not access year-round communities are sometimes closed to the public after an industrial user no longer needs the road.
The amendments will help keep more backcountry roads open by establishing that people using resource roads of their own accord do so substantially at their own risk.
More backcountry roads to be kept open
For Immediate Release
2012FOR0101-000949
June 28, 2012
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
More backcountry roads to be kept open
VICTORIA – Amendments to the Occupiers Liability Act to help prevent resource road closures and reduce the possibility of injury-related lawsuits are now in effect, as the general public heads into the backcountry to enjoy B.C.’s wilderness this summer.
B.C. has an estimated 450,000 kilometres of resource roads that provide commercial and recreational links to vast expanses of the province’s backcountry. Currently roads that do not access year-round communities are sometimes closed to the public after an industrial user no longer needs the road.
The amendments will help keep more backcountry roads open by establishing that people using resource roads of their own accord do so substantially at their own risk.
More backcountry roads to be kept open
