Grosse Pointe Woods right-of-way bonds.
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The City of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan requires a $5,000 surety bond, set by its council-approved fee schedule, with your excavation permit application to cut into, bore under, or tunnel under a public street, alley, or sidewalk. A surety specialist prices it from your permit details, usually within one business day.
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How much does a Grosse Pointe Woods right-of-way bond cost?
It is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
Built around your excavation permit.
Grosse Pointe Woods issues the excavation permit only once the application and bond are on file. Here is the whole process, from quote to permit:
Send us the permit details
Apply online with your business details, the bond effective date, and a contact for the permit. There is no credit section and no SSN field on this application.
A surety specialist prices it
The amount is already set at $5,000 by the City fee schedule, so the review is about the permit, not about sizing. A specialist confirms your exact premium and sends it back for approval.
Pay, e-sign & file with the City
Once you accept the quote and pay, the executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your permit application at the Division of Safety Inspection at least 24 hours before work begins. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Grosse Pointe Woods right-of-way bond guarantees
Grosse Pointe Woods controls every opening in its streets through Chapter 38, Article III (Excavations) of its Code of Ordinances. Section 38-61 makes it unlawful to make any excavation or opening in or under the surface or pavement of a street, alley, sidewalk, or other public place without a permit, unless you are a city employee or working under a contract with the city. Section 38-62 has you file the application with the Division of Safety Inspection at least 24 hours before work starts, on the City's own form.
Section 38-64 adds the bond. Where the work involves cutting into, boring, or tunneling under a public street, highway, alley, or sidewalk, the application must be accompanied by a surety bond to the City, approved as to form by the city attorney. It is conditioned on three things: doing the work to the City's rules within the time the Director of Public Services sets in the permit, restoring the street, alley, or sidewalk to its original condition to the Director's satisfaction, and maintaining that condition for as long as the Director requires. If you tunnel under pavement by hand rather than boring, Section 38-64(b) makes you pay the Director's estimate of the cost to remove and replace that pavement after the ground settles, and if it is not collected by the end of the project the City can deduct it from the bond.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Grosse Pointe Woods (the obligee). It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the City to replace a slab or patch a trench, you repay the surety. Digs confined to unpaved public space, such as the strip between sidewalk and curb, post a cash deposit under Section 38-65 instead, and work in a Wayne County road right-of-way runs through a Wayne County permit rather than this City bond.
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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 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote.
Keep the bond in force for as long as the obligation behind it runs.
How to file it
Pay, e-sign & file with the City. Once you accept the quote and pay, the executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your permit application at the Division of Safety Inspection at least 24 hours before work begins. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
This bond is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
One application, one specialist review.
These are the actual issuing fields — your business details, the bond amount and effective date, and a contact person. There is no credit section on this bond. Submit once and a surety specialist returns your exact price, typically within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.
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Get the Grosse Pointe Woods right-of-way bond off your permit checklist.
Send us one short application, and a surety specialist returns your price, typically within one business day. Free until issued.