Town of Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights Street Excavation By-Law — full text

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## Town of Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights ## Street Excavation By-Law Any person wanting to preform excavation in the Town's road right-of-way will be required to obtain a Street Excavation Permit. The cost of the permit will be as per the Town's Fee Structure for the current year. In addition to the permit fee, the Town will require a security deposit to be supplied to the Town in accordance with the Town's fee structure for the current year. ($600.00). The security deposit will be held for a period of 12 months from the date the work is complete. The Town will then determine if the work completed is satisfactory. If the Town deems the work satisfactory, the security deposit will be returned to the payee. In the event that the payee does not complete the necessary repairs to Town's standard, the payee forfeits the security deposit and the Town will complete the necessary repairs. Only bona fide contractors presenting proof of $1 million dollar liability insurance and WHSCC certificate of good standing are permitted to obtain road excavation permits. Road cuts are not permitted during the winter season, between November 1s' to May 1st of the following year unless in extreme emergencies. Council must approve any road cuts outside this timeframe. The permit holder will ensure all required traffic control signage, personnel and standards are in place as per the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ## Asphalt Removal: Asphalt shall be saw-cut, in clean straight lines a minimum of 1 meter beyond each side of the top slope of the service trench. ## Service (Sewage) Pipe Installation Procedure: Excavate to 150mm (6) below the invert of the service pipe. Bottom of the trench to be clear of any and all sharp or large rocks. Place 150mm (6) of Class "A" road gravel. Compact and place service pipe. Backfill service pipes with Class "A" road gravel. Class "A" to extend a minimum of 150 mm (6"') on both sides of the service pipe and to a minimum of 300mm (12"') above the top of the service pipe. This area should be compacted to 95% density. ## Trench Fill and Asphalt Repair: Trench will be filled with Class A road gravel and compacted to 95% density to the top 375mm. The top 375mm should consist of 150mm of Class "B", topped with 150mm of Class "A", topped with 38mm of Base Course asphalt and topped with 38mm of Surface Course asphalt. Existing asphalt adjacent to the street cut shall be cold planed a minimum depth of 38 mm and a minimum of 0.5 meters in width for the entire length of the asphalt cut. This shall be done on both sides of the excavation. The cold planed area and cut edge of the asphalt shall be tack coated. A minimum of 76mm of asphalt (compacted thickness) will be placed in the excavated area and overlapped onto the cold planed area. The compacted asphalt shall blend into the existing asphalt such that no depression of hump exists. The new asphalt shall be compacted to a minimum 95% standard proctor. ## Effective Date This by-law shall become effective on September 11, 2025 RESOLUTION: 09-11-25-06 Signatures:  Mayor Walter Keating love Juanita Gosse, Town Clerk/ Manager