Smithfield road opening bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
Before you open, cut, or excavate a road, street, or other public way in Smithfield, the Town of Smithfield Department of Public Works requires a permit backed by a surety bond. The bond guarantees you restore the pavement and right-of-way to the town's standards once the work is done. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — enter the amount your permit names and your exact price appears at the application.
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No underwriting queue for the standard road opening bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the town. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount on your road opening permit, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
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Most applications generate the executed bond as soon as you pay. The application collects no credit information; larger amounts may get a brief review.
File with Smithfield Public Works
Submit the executed bond with your road opening permit application to the Town of Smithfield Department of Public Works. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Smithfield road opening bond actually covers
When you open, cut, or otherwise excavate a road, street, or other public way in Smithfield — for a utility tie-in, a drain or sewer connection, a driveway cut, or similar work in the public right-of-way — the Town of Smithfield requires a road opening permit conditioned on a surety bond.
The bond runs to the Town of Smithfield as obligee. It guarantees that you complete the work and restore the road surface, shoulder, and right-of-way to the town's standards, so the public way is left as good as you found it. If work is left unfinished or a patch fails, the town can draw on the bond to cover its own restoration cost.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. There is no single statewide fee schedule for this permit; the Department of Public Works sets the required bond amount case by case, generally scaled to the size and location of the opening. Enter the figure your permit names; premiums are priced at 1% of that amount, $100 minimum, and the application collects no credit information.
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One application, then it issues.
Submit the application with the bond amount named on your road opening permit — the application collects no credit information, and most amounts price instantly.
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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount on your permit and file with the town the same day.