Confirm who supplies the security and signs as principal

The actual Bond Information sheet calls for the facility owner's security, full applicant identity and an owner, officer or authorized representative signing as principal. The online application separately identifies applicant and contractor; when an applicant hires a contractor, it defines both as permittee. Do not automatically put only a subcontractor's name on the bond because that crew is on site.

The agent determines whether security is needed and its repair/restoration-based amount. The application allows accepted cash, irrevocable LOC or bond. For surety, the sheet calls for a Michigan-licensed issuer, executing agent's details and a power of attorney, with wording corresponding to the Commission's Work in the Rights-of-Way template. The template has additional surety qualifications.

Use the assigned dates and current online process

The information sheet expressly directs applicants to the permit agent for timelines. The selected template has an expiry blank, Commission-termination provisions and a defect guarantee of one calendar year from acceptance. Those provisions do not establish a supplied annual term or automatic release at work completion.

Purchase Now opens Propeller. The option displays no fixed amount or term. Match the accepted form, principal/Board recipient, sum, covered permits and required dates, arrange execution/POA and accepted filing before issuance, and obtain the signed numbered permit. The current ROW page requires website applications from January2026, including utilities, rather than relying on older email-submission wording.

Keep contractor insurance on file separately. Notify the Commission at least 48 hours before starting and when complete, follow its inspections/restoration and secure any required permit amendment for additional work. Retain acceptance and actual release correspondence rather than treating the form's future-act notice as discharge of existing duties.