Road Opening Permit
A Road Opening Permit is a permit that a road authority may require a plumber, contractor or other person to obtain, prior to excavating, boring or carrying out any other works that disturb the surface of a road, footpath or nature strip.
The road authority typically charges a fee for issuing a Road Opening Permit. The fee may be fixed amount or a amount per lineal or square metre depending on the work to be carried out.
Activities that may require a Road Opening permit, include:
- driveway construction
- service connections (water, electricity, telephone, gas, sewer etc)
- storm water connections
- water main construction
- sewer main construction
- conduit and/or pit installations for public utilities
- under road bore