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Ross Township, PA — Street Opening Permit Bond

Ross Township’s code treats the first street-excavation application in a calendar year differently from the second and later applications. Confirm your year-to-date permit history and required performance guarantee before purchase.

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

What this bond does

Provide accepted bond security for Ross Township street-excavation permit work.

Who needs it
Applicants cutting or tunneling under township roads, sidewalks or driveways under the street-excavation rules.
Who it protects
The township performance guarantee secures satisfactory work under the approved permit and can fund correction of deficient work. It does not replace the separate certificate of insurance.

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 excavation rather than other occupancy

The code defines street excavation to include open cuts and tunneling, including work under roads, sidewalks and driveways. Non-excavating right-of-way occupancy is a separately described permit category.

The application asks whether pavement, curb or sidewalk will be disturbed, pavement type, paved and unpaved excavation dimensions, cross streets and emergency-repair details. Identify both the applicant and contractor.

Check the first-versus-second application rule

The code calls for a $1,000 bond or cashier’s check with the first street-excavation application in a calendar year. With the second application it describes a $10,000 guarantee covering additional excavation activities that year.

These requirements may be changed by resolution. Have the township confirm the current sum and existing security on file. The annual arrangement is returned when jobs started in that year are satisfactorily completed, not simply because December ends.

Coordinate permit dates and inspections

Compare the township request with the provider’s condition before purchase, then deliver the executed bond as directed and obtain the actual permit. The 30-day permit-expiration rule does not establish a 30-day bond term.

The application requires advance Public Works notification and inspection before backfill. Final completion certification and any security return follow satisfactory work; purchase alone does not approve excavation or close out restoration.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. Applicant and contractor names, current-year excavation applications and on-file security.
  2. Street/cross streets, paved/unpaved dimensions, surface type and site/profile plans.
  3. Township-approved condition, current sum, dates and filing instructions.

Questions about this bond

Is the bond amount the same for every application?

The code differentiates the first application from the second and later work in the year and permits changes by resolution. Confirm the current requirement.

Does tunneling avoid a street-excavation permit?

No. The code expressly includes tunneling under township roads, sidewalks and driveways.

Does the bond end when the 30-day permit expires?

Not automatically. Permit duration and the guarantee’s satisfactory-completion requirements are separate.

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