When you install broadband infrastructure in an Indiana state highway right-of-way, INDOT issues a permit and requires a single highway permit bond guaranteeing you restore the right-of-way and follow the permit. INDOT sets the amount for the specific job — we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
















No underwriting queue for the standard single permit bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with INDOT. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount on your INDOT permit, 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.
Submit the executed bond with your single broadband permit application to the INDOT district. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the district insists.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure INDOT set on your permit and the premium updates.
INDOT manages access to the state highway right-of-way under IC 8-23. Anyone placing broadband or communications infrastructure in that right-of-way needs a permit, and the permit comes with a surety bond guaranteeing you do the work to the department’s standards and restore the right-of-way when you are done.
Indiana has actively pushed broadband into highway corridors — the Dig Once program under IC 8-23-5-10 directs INDOT to set terms for installing fiber and communications infrastructure in limited-access rights-of-way. A single highway permit bond covers one specific permit / project, in an amount INDOT sets for that scope of work.
If you damage the roadway, leave the right-of-way unrestored, or violate the permit, INDOT can recover against the bond. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety — contractors who restore the right-of-way cleanly treat the bond as a permit formality. We issue the amount on your permit at a flat 3% with no credit check.
Submit the application with the bond amount on your INDOT permit — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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 on your permit and file the same day.