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Bloomington, IN — Street Closure Bond

Bloomington requires ROW permission for closures even when no digging is planned. Identify the actual street, duration and affected public spaces; the City's closure guidance does not treat adjacent sidewalks, paths, protected bike lanes and regulated parking as automatically included.

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Recorded state
Indiana
Bond type
Right-of-Way / Street Work / Encroachment Bond
Category
Contractors & construction

What this bond does

Security required for the particular Bloomington street-closure ROW request and legal applicant.

Who needs it
The principal the City requires to provide closure security, coordinated with the organizer, property user or contractor responsible for the approved activity.
Who it protects
The accepted City instrument defines the secured closure duties. It does not grant traffic authority or guarantee every event or private construction obligation.

Your bond option

This is the option on record for this bond.

The bond amount describes the limit of the bond obligation, not the price. A listed amount does not establish what the requesting party requires. The premium is what you pay and must be confirmed for the actual option. An E&O limit, where listed, is separate errors and omissions insurance.

Describe every affected public space

The City's current ROW FAQ requires permission for street, lane and sidewalk closures without digging. Its 2024 flowchart footnote says street closures do not encompass adjacent sidewalks, multiuse paths, metered/residential-permit-zone parking or protected bicycle lanes. Identify those spaces separately and have Engineering determine the approvals needed for the road class, closure type and duration.

Use Civic Access for the City permit application; paper applications are no longer accepted. The required submission includes an appropriate bond, insurance, temporary traffic plan and site plan. A provider receipt is not approval to place barricades or redirect pedestrians.

Separate closure dates from bond continuation

The City's two linked ROW bond examples differ: one has an end-date/continuation provision and 35-day mailed cancellation notice; the other is continuous with 30-day notice from receipt. Do not use either example as a promised term for the Street Closure offering or assume reopening the road automatically cancels security. Obtain Engineering's current accepted amount and instrument.

Purchase Now opens Propeller; the option displays no fixed amount or term. Match the actual principal/City recipient, required form, sum, closure location and dates. Arrange issuance and City filing separately from the approved closure/traffic plan, any associated parking or sidewalk arrangements, actual reopening and release. A dumpster-storage or push/bore product is not automatically a substitute for the City's closure request.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. City closure request identifying street class, duration, limits and separately affected sidewalks/paths/bike lanes/parking.
  2. Accepted security form, legal principal/City recipient, amount/dates and confirmed Street Closure offering match.
  3. Responsible organizer/contractor, site and temporary traffic plans, insurance and applicable separate arrangements.
  4. Civic Access application, issued bond record, actual permission, reopening/clearance and release instructions.

Questions about this bond

Is a ROW permit needed if there is no excavation?

The City's FAQ says permission is required for closures, including streets, lanes and sidewalks, even without digging.

Does a street closure automatically include the sidewalk and parking?

No. The City flowchart expressly excludes adjacent sidewalks, multiuse paths, protected bike lanes and metered/residential-permit-zone parking from the street-closure category. Identify each affected space.

Does reopening the street automatically end the bond?

Do not infer that. The City-linked examples have different continuation/cancellation provisions; use the accepted issued instrument and actual release instructions.

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