When you work in a Connecticut state highway right-of-way — driveways, utilities, encroachments — the Department of Transportation conditions the encroachment permit on a permit bond. CTDOT sets the amount during plan review; we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
















No underwriting queue for the standard permit bond — enter your amount, pay, and deliver it to CTDOT. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount CTDOT set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
Provide the executed permit bond to the District Maintenance Manager so CTDOT can issue your encroachment permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the district insists.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure CTDOT set and the premium updates.
To build a driveway, set utilities, or otherwise work within a Connecticut state highway right-of-way, you file an Application for Encroachment Permit (Form PMT-1) with the CTDOT District Maintenance Manager, under the encroachment-permit regulations at RCSA § 13b-17 (with CTDOT's authority over state rights-of-way under CGS Title 13a/13b).
A permit bond is generally required before CTDOT issues the permit. The bond stands behind your obligation to do the work to the department's standards and to restore the right-of-way — so the public isn't left with damaged or unfinished work in the road.
Some applicants are excused: a public service company that files an acceptable statement of solvency, or a municipality doing the work with its own forces, can have the bond waived. The amount is set by the District Maintenance Manager during plan review (RCSA § 13b-17-8). Whatever amount applies, we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
Submit the application with the bond amount CTDOT set — the executed permit bond is generated instantly, ready to deliver to the District Maintenance Manager.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount CTDOT set and deliver it the same day.