Right of Way Permit Bond - La Plata County, CO in Colorado

Brief Summary

La Plata County's right-of-way application asks one question before anything else about your job: is your License and Permit Bond on file and up to date? Having it filed and current before you apply keeps your utility or road cut permit from stalling in the county's seven working day review.

Anyone applying to La Plata County Public Works Engineering for a revocable permit or license to work in county right-of-way, such as water, sewer, gas, electric, phone, fiber or cable installations, is asked to have a License and Permit Bond on file with the county and kept current. The bond names La Plata County as obligee and backs the permit holder's promise to do the work to county standards and restore the right-of-way.

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How to Apply for a Right of Way Permit Bond:

• Call La Plata County Public Works Engineering at 970-382-6363 to confirm the bond amount and any required bond form.
• Have the legal name of the applicant or contracting company exactly as it will appear on the permit application.
• Owner name, address and Social Security number for the surety's credit review.
• Complete the bond application, pay the premium and receive the signed bond with power of attorney.
• File the bond with Public Works Engineering so it is on file and current before you submit the right-of-way application.
• Submit the Utility/ROW application with a sketch or plans and allow seven working days for review.

Detailed Information About the Colorado Right of Way Permit Bond:

Get the bond on file before you apply

La Plata County handles work in county road right-of-way through its Public Works Engineering Department at 1365 S. Camino del Rio, Durango. The application form, titled Application for a Revocable Permit/License to Work in County Right-of-Way, asks every applicant whether its License and Permit Bond is on file and up to date. The bond is something the county expects to already be in place and kept current, not a document you produce after the permit is approved. If yours has lapsed, renew it before you send the application.

Who needs it

The application covers utility and other work in county right-of-way, including water, sewer, gas, electric, phone, fiber, TV and cable lines. Both the applicant and the contractor doing the work are listed on the form. Contractors who cut or bore under county roads regularly are the ones most likely to be asked for the bond.

What the bond guarantees

The obligee is La Plata County. The bond backs the permit holder's obligation to build the installation to adopted county standards and to restore what was disturbed. The county's specifications attached to the application spell out what that means in practice. Every trench within the road prism must be flow filled with the county's slurry mix, and disturbed areas must be reseeded and mulched with certified weed free material. If the permit holder leaves a failed patch or unrestored ground, the county can look to the bond to cover its cost of fixing it.

Amount and form

The county's online permit materials do not publish a bond amount or a prescribed bond form. Call Public Works Engineering at 970-382-6363 or email engineering@co.laplata.co.us to confirm the amount, the form and how the county wants the bond filed before the bond is issued.

Timing

The county inspector has seven working days to process an application, and no application is accepted without a sketch or plans. Plans by a Colorado registered engineer may be required. The payment link for the permit fee is emailed after the first inspection. Call 970-382-6378 before any road cut and again for final inspection when the job is done.

Eligibility and Requirements for a Colorado Right of Way Permit Bond:

• La Plata County named as obligee.
• Bond kept on file and current for as long as you work in county right-of-way.
• Work built to adopted La Plata County standards, with full flow fill of trenches in the road prism.
• Disturbed areas reseeded and mulched to the county's restoration specifications.
• Construction plans by a Colorado registered engineer when the county engineer or inspector requires them.

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