Easement plates EL7 linked to the alignment of public roads — digitised version DDT 43 — Haute-Loire — 2017

Public utility easements (SUPs) are administrative limitations to the right to property. They are established for the benefit of public persons, concessionaires for public services or public works, private persons engaged in an activity in the general interest. The collection and conservation of public utility easements is a sovereign task of the State, which must bring them to the attention of local and regional authorities so that they may annex them to their urban planning documents. The public utility easements concerned are those defined by Articles L. 126-1 and R. 126-1 of the Urban Planning Code and their annexes. The EL7 type SUPs are derived from the alignment plan for national, departmental or municipal roads. Alignment is the determination by the administrative authority of the limit of the road public domain to property law riparians. It constitutes, for the authority responsible for the road concerned, a means of protection against encroachment of riparian properties.