Street Cut Excavation / Right of Way Bond - Adams County, CO in Colorado

Brief Summary

Adams County will not issue a street cut permit until a $5,000 permit bond and a liability certificate are on file with the Transportation Department. The county has no form of its own, so a standard surety bond form works, and you pay a small premium instead of tying up cash, which the county will not take in place of the bond anyway.

Any contractor cutting into an Adams County right-of-way, including trenching, road bores, pot holing and bore holing, must file a $5,000 permit or license bond before the street cut permit is issued. The bond runs to the Adams County Transportation Department, lasts one year or runs continuously until canceled, and has to be issued to the same company that shows the required $500,000 bodily injury and $500,000 property damage liability coverage.

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How to Apply for a Street Cut Excavation / Right of Way Bond:

• Confirm the work is in unincorporated Adams County right-of-way and involves a street cut, trench, road bore, pot hole or bore hole.
• Use the exact legal name that appears on your general liability certificate.
• Complete the bond application and review the quoted premium.
• Pay the premium and receive the original signed $5,000 bond.
• Deliver the bond and liability certificate to the Transportation Department, Development Review Permit Section, before the street cut permit is issued.

Detailed Information About the Colorado Street Cut Excavation / Right of Way Bond:

What counts as a street cut

Adams County treats more than open trenches as a street cut. Its Bonding and Insurance Requirements sheet for work in county right-of-way lists trenching, road bores, pot holing and bore holing. If your crew is doing any of these in a county road or right-of-way, the bond has to be in place first.

The bond

The county requires a $5,000 permit or license bond for street cut excavations. It is made out to the Adams County Transportation Department, Construction Management, 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy, Suite W2000B, Brighton, CO 80601. The county does not publish its own bond form and accepts your surety's standard form, but it must be an original, signed for the surety, with no alterations of any kind.

The term is one year. A continuous bond is also accepted, provided the surety gives Adams County notice before it cancels. Cash and certified funds are not accepted in place of the bond, and the Transportation Director can require a higher amount when a job calls for it.

The insurance has to match

Along with the bond, the county wants an original certificate of general liability insurance showing at least $500,000 bodily injury and $500,000 property damage, with the Transportation Department at the address above as certificate holder. Policy dates must cover the whole time you are working in the right-of-way. The bond and the certificate must be issued to the same company or individual, so a bond in one entity's name and insurance in another's will hold up the permit.

Where to file

Both documents go to the Adams County Transportation Department, Development Review Permit Section. The county lists 720-523-6821 or 720-523-6875 for questions. Confirm current filing steps with that office before the bond is issued.

Eligibility and Requirements for a Colorado Street Cut Excavation / Right of Way Bond:

• Bond amount of $5,000 unless the Transportation Director requires more.
• Obligee shown as Adams County Transportation Department, Construction Management, Brighton, CO.
• Original bond signed for the surety, with no alterations.
• One year term, or a continuous bond with notice of cancellation to the county.
• General liability certificate of at least $500,000 bodily injury and $500,000 property damage, in the same name as the bond.

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