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Erie, PA — Street Opening Permit Bond

An Erie street-opening bond should match the City of Erie’s request for the particular opening. Do not substitute an Erie County or neighboring township requirement simply because the project has an Erie address.

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

What this bond does

Arrange the street-opening surety instrument required by the identified City of Erie permit authority.

Who needs it
Applicants who have received a City of Erie street-opening bond request for planned work.
Who it protects
The issued bond secures the conditions stated in its approved form for the named public recipient. A street-opening title alone does not establish the amount, restoration duration or scope of that 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.

Identify the city opening requirement

The City of Erie’s general permitting page describes several kinds of permits, including tree activity in the right-of-way. It does not establish the street-opening bond condition or make those different activities interchangeable.

Confirm the city office handling your street cut and the authority controlling the affected road. A county-wide proposed ordinance or another township’s road form is not evidence of the city’s opening-bond requirement.

Prepare the location and work description

Have the street, limits of the opening, purpose of the work and proposed restoration ready. Ask the city which applicant must be named as principal when an owner, utility and excavating contractor are all involved.

Obtain the specific bond wording and whether it relates to one permit or an approved continuing arrangement. This catalog option supplies no fixed amount, term or annual scope.

Match, issue and submit the security

Compare the city’s requested recipient, sum and dates with the provider’s application before continuing through the existing purchase link. Resolve a different instrument or authority before issuance.

Then submit the executed security through the city’s required process and obtain permission for the opening. Ask separately about inspections and release; neither payment nor bond issuance establishes those approvals.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. City of Erie opening-bond request and required condition.
  2. Applicant name, road location, opening limits and restoration description.
  3. Confirmed amount, dates, execution, filing and permit instructions.

Questions about this bond

Will an Erie County or Lawrence Park Township form do?

Not unless the actual road authority requests that instrument. Confirm the City of Erie recipient and required condition for this listing.

Is every activity in the city right-of-way secured by this bond?

No. The general city permit page covers different activities and does not establish a common bond for all of them.

Can I select a standard amount or annual term?

Neither is stated in the option. Obtain the city’s required sum and dates for your particular security request.

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