AR right-of-way restoration bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
The bond ARDOT requires to guarantee you restore the highway right-of-way to its former condition after a utility cut or installation. Maintain a standing bond and the District Engineer can issue your utility permits; ARDOT sets the amount, and premiums start at $100, with your exact price shown at the application. The application collects no credit information.
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No underwriting queue for the standard restoration bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with ARDOT. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount ARDOT required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit step and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with ARDOT Right of Way
Submit the executed bond to ARDOT's Utilities Section so the District Engineer can issue your permits. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever they insist.
What it is and who needs it.
What the restoration bond actually covers
When a utility owner works inside the state highway right-of-way — laying or repairing line, boring under pavement, opening a cut — ARDOT issues a utility permit, and conditions it on the right-of-way being put back to its former condition.
Rather than post a deposit for every job, a utility owner can maintain a standing bond — a Bond to Guarantee Satisfactory Restoration of Highway Right of Way — and the District Engineer issues District utility permits against it. The amount of the standing bond depends on how many customers the owner serves in Arkansas.
If the right-of-way is not restored, ARDOT can use the bond to restore the highway or property to its former condition. If a standing bond is not maintained, the District Engineer determines a per-permit bond or deposit instead. Premiums start at $100, and your exact price appears at the application. The application collects no credit information.
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One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount ARDOT set — the executed restoration bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount ARDOT set and file the same day.