Gresham right-of-way bonds.
2% of the bond amount.
A contractor or developer doing construction that inhibits or uses a public right-of-way in the City of Gresham needs a right-of-way permit from the city's Engineering Division, and, unless the city waives it, a performance and completion bond naming the City of Gresham as obligee. Premiums cost 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and the application includes a credit consent that authorizes a soft pull only.
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No long underwriting queue for the standard right-of-way performance bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Engineering Division. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the construction described on your right-of-way permit, the bond amount the Engineering Division set, and a one-time credit consent that authorizes a soft pull only.
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Most Gresham right-of-way bonds clear quickly — the soft pull informs approval and never affects your score. Larger amounts may get a brief review before your 2%-of-amount premium, $100 minimum, is finalized.
File with the Engineering Division
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to attach to your right-of-way permit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Gresham right-of-way bond actually guarantees
Gresham's streets, sidewalks, and utility corridors are city property, regulated under the parks-and-streets provisions of the Gresham Revised Code. Any contractor or developer whose construction inhibits or uses a public right-of-way — road repairs, utility installation, sidewalk expansion, and similar infrastructure work — needs a right-of-way permit from the city's Engineering Division before starting.
As a condition of that permit, unless the permit itself waives it, the applicant furnishes a performance and completion bond: a financial guarantee between the contractor, the surety, and the City of Gresham that the permitted work will be completed in a timely manner and the public area restored to its condition before construction. The Engineering Division sizes the bond to its estimated cost of restoring the right-of-way once the work is done, with a margin to make sure the city is never left covering a shortfall.
If the city is not made whole after a contractor violation — unfinished work, a failed restoration, or damage the contractor won't repair — the city can file a claim on the bond. Enter the amount your right-of-way permit requires; we price it from a $100 minimum after a one-time soft pull that never affects your credit score.
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One application, then a quick review.
Submit the application with the construction described on your right-of-way permit and the bond amount the Engineering Division set. The application includes a credit consent that authorizes a soft pull only.
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Right-of-way permit waiting on one bond.
Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the Engineering Division set and attach it to your permit today.