Berwyn street opening bonds.
$500 flat.
The City of Berwyn requires anyone opening a parkway, sidewalk, or public street — for a utility tap, driveway apron, or excavation — to file a $50,000 surety bond before Public Works will issue the opening permit. Ours is $500 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check, and most applications approve instantly.
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How much does a Berwyn street opening bond cost?
$500 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A street opening bond is about the simplest filing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, the address of the opening, and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with Public Works
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Berwyn Public Works alongside your opening permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Berwyn conditions any permit to open a parkway, sidewalk, or public street on the applicant first posting a $50,000 surety bond with the City. The bond stands behind the requirement that the excavation is properly backfilled, the pavement, curb, and parkway are restored to City standard, and the public way is left safe — not that the underlying utility or driveway work itself is done correctly.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Berwyn (the obligee), with the City and the traveling public as the protected parties. If a permit holder fails to restore the opening and the City has to complete the work itself, or a member of the public is harmed by an unrestored opening, the City can recover its cost against the bond up to the $50,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, the City's cost of restoration, you repay the surety. Keep the bond active for as long as your permit remains open; we'll track the term and notify you before it lapses.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $50,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, October 7, in the year your term ends.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with Public Works. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Berwyn Public Works alongside your opening permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $500 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$500 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.