Choose actual permit coverage, not blanket work permission

The current rules apply to City-controlled property, not private ways or Commonwealth-controlled roads. They require a signed permit for each specific non-emergency excavation, even when the applicant files continuing security for multiple permits during a calendar year.

The Superintendent sets sufficient restoration coverage, at least $5,000, and the form must be City Solicitor-approved with a Massachusetts-authorized surety. The combined permit/application packet distinguishes permit-specific from annual blanket security and separately records owner and contractor. Use the actual site's issued conditions; that packet also contains a job-specific requirements sheet, not universal specifications.

Follow current filing and restoration certification

Purchase Now opens Propeller; the option displays no fixed amount or term. Match the City's actual principal/recipient, form, required sum, single/continuing coverage and dates with the issuer. Arrange required execution and accepted filing with insurance and actual location/sketch/Dig Safe documents.

The October 2026 rules call for original applications/documents in person at DPW at least five full working days before work. Confirm current delivery rather than relying on the older address within the combined application. Obtain issued work permission and any separate trench approval; the sixty-day permit/winter limits are not a supplied bond term.

Request actual restoration certification. The rules withhold bond release until twelve months after the Superintendent finds restoration proper and set a one-year guarantee from City acceptance of permanent restoration. Keep the accepted restoration date and obtain actual release, not an automatic purchase-anniversary cancellation.