Highway Right of Way Work ($5,000) Bond - Farmington, CT in Connecticut

Brief Summary

Farmington will not issue an excavation or obstruction permit for work in a town road right of way until the $5,000 permit bond is on file. Buying the bond up front means the Engineering Division can release your permit as soon as the rest of the packet is approved, and you are not tying up $5,000 in a cash deposit for the two years the town holds you responsible for the patch.

The Town of Farmington requires a $5,000 permit bond from contractors who excavate, cut the road, or do storm sewer, water or driveway work inside the town's right of way. The bond names the Town as obligee and stays in force until the two year maintenance period after the permitted work is complete expires. Town Code Section 169-6 allows a cash deposit or a corporate surety bond from a company licensed in Connecticut.

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How to Apply for a Highway Right of Way Work ($5,000) Bond:

• Download the current excavation and obstruction permit packet from the Farmington Engineering Division.
• Have the contractor's legal name exactly as it will appear on the permit application.
• Complete the bond application and review the quoted premium.
• Pay the premium and have the surety execute the $5,000 bond on the town's permit bond form.
• Assemble the certificate of insurance naming the Town of Farmington as additional insured, Call Before You Dig notice, trench restoration plans and trench box tabulations for trenches deeper than 5 feet.
• Submit the packet, then pay the permit fee once approvals are issued.
• Give the town at least 24 hours notice before starting work in the right of way.

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The bond outlasts the job

Most contractors assume the permit bond ends when the trench is patched. In Farmington it does not. The town's bond form keeps the $5,000 obligation in effect until the two year maintenance period after the work under any permit is completed has expired. If the Town Engineer finds the street has settled or failed during that window, the principal has to repair it, and the bond backs that promise.

Where the requirement comes from

Chapter 169, Article II of the Farmington Town Code covers excavations and obstructions. Section 169-5 says no person, firm, corporation, public utility or public agency may excavate within the highway lines, or place an obstruction or grade on a town street, without a permit. Section 169-6 requires the applicant, before the permit is issued, to provide a cash deposit or a corporate surety bond issued by a surety company licensed to do business in Connecticut. The Department of Public Works and Development Services, Engineering Division, sets the amount at $5,000 in its excavation and obstruction permit packet.

Who posts it and who does not

The packet applies the permit to storm sewer, water, road cuts and driveway work within the town right of way. It also states that the fee for the permit bond will be waived for sewer work for local roadways only. Section 169-11 of the code exempts certain utility pole work and emergency utility work in whole or in part.

Insurance and fees come with it

The packet requires a certificate of insurance with the Town of Farmington listed as additional insured, with general liability of $1,000,000, or $2,000,000 for large projects, auto liability of $1,000,000 and workers compensation of $500,000. Permit fees are $100 to excavate on or under the roadway pavement, $50 for all other work in the right of way, and $100 for a permit to obstruct if the town requires one.

Eligibility and Requirements for a Connecticut Highway Right of Way Work ($5,000) Bond:

• Bond amount of $5,000 with the Town of Farmington as obligee.
• Surety company licensed to do business in Connecticut, as Town Code Section 169-6 requires.
• Bond kept in force through the two year maintenance period after the permitted work is completed.
• General liability of $1,000,000, or $2,000,000 for large projects, auto liability of $1,000,000 and workers compensation of $500,000.
• Work performed to Town standards and the Connecticut DOT Standard Specifications Form 816.

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