The City of Blue Ash requires a street-opening / right-of-way bond before you do work in the public right of way. The blanket bond is $10,000 — it covers your ongoing work rather than a single permit. Ours is $300 flat, 3% of the bond amount, the same price for everyone.
















Right-of-way bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Small fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Blue Ash right-of-way permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
Before anyone opens or works in the public right of way in Blue Ash — to lay utilities, bore, excavate, or make a street opening — the city's Public Works Department requires a permit and a street-opening bond under the city's right-of-way ordinance (Codified Ordinances Chapter 949).
The blanket bond ($10,000) is the umbrella option: rather than posting a bond per permit, it stands behind your ongoing right-of-way work for the bond period. It's a three-party arrangement among you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Blue Ash (the obligee).
The bond guarantees you restore the right of way — pavement, curb, and surface — to the city's standards and repair any damage. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim for unrepaired damage, you repay the surety. Residents doing their own work are exempt; this is for contractors and utilities.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.