Evanston street obstruction bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
Before an individual can occupy or obstruct an Evanston street, alley, or sidewalk — to excavate, stage materials, or work on an adjoining building — the Director of Public Works requires a street obstruction bond as a condition of the permit. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Enter the amount your permit calls for and your exact price appears at the application.
Trusted by industry leaders
Apply to filed in one sitting.
Street obstruction bonds are short, standard-form obligations. Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and file with Public Works. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the street or sidewalk you will occupy, the bond amount set on your permit, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most individual street obstruction bonds clear quickly on the soft pull, which never affects your score — pricing is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
File with Public Works
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to attach to the right-of-way permit application at the Public Works counter. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the street obstruction bond actually guarantees
A street obstruction bond is a restoration and indemnity guarantee. The City of Evanston lets a permit holder occupy or obstruct a public street, alley, or sidewalk to excavate, stage materials, or build — and the Director of Public Works conditions that permit on a bond that backs the promise to put the street back the way it was found.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Evanston (the obligee). If the pavement or sidewalk is left damaged, debris is not removed, or the City suffers a claim tied to the obstruction, the City can draw on the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. The City's own bond form also requires the principal to indemnify Evanston and its officials against claims arising from the permitted work.
There is no single citywide penal sum — the Director of Public Works sets the amount on each permit based on the scope, length, and duration of the obstruction. Enter the figure shown on your permit; your premium is priced at 1% of that amount, $100 minimum, after a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The pull never affects your score, and your price — from a $100 minimum — is set at application.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Illinois bonds.
Occupy the street without the permit holdup.
Premiums from $100, soft pull only. Enter the amount your permit set and file with Public Works the same day.