Except for emergencies, at least 24 hours before the permittee plans
to commence work under an opening permit, the permittee will advise the Engineer,
the Road Supervisor or such other official of the Township as may be designated
by the Township Committee or Commissioner that the work is to start.
A.
The work shall be done in an efficient and workmanlike
manner and in accordance with the plans and specifications, using proper tools,
machinery, materials and manpower to effect a quality and expeditious job.
Failure to perform in a manner satisfactory to the Engineer may result in
revocation of the permit.
B.
Except under emergency conditions, the opening work will
be conducted between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., except Sundays
and holidays (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving
Day, Christmas Day), when no opening work will be permitted.
The permittee will have a qualified supervisor at the site of the opening
work during all working hours.
The Engineer, the Road Supervisor or a Township-authorized representative
shall be given access to the construction site during progress of the work
in order to observe and inspect the work. All materials, including excavated
materials, are subject to inspection and approval by such Township officials.
Where the planned opening will be made through, adjacent to or near an existing
public utility facility, the permittee shall notify said utility company,
whose representative shall be given access to the construction to observe
and inspect that portion of the work involving said utility facility.
A.
The existing pavement, blacktop or concrete, shall be
out in a straight line or lines prior to any subsurface excavation, which
shall be confined to the area between the cuts. If pavement, curbing, sidewalk
or other surface construction becomes damaged, ragged or zigzagged when it
comes time to repave or replace the facility, then the edges shall be cut
or recut in a straight line or lines to the satisfaction of the Engineer,
in general parallel to the lines of the excavated trenches and in a width
sufficient to accommodate the entire excavation and to create a smooth finished
appearance when the construction is complete.
B.
When cutting through reinforced concrete pavement, the
saw-cutting will be done in such a way as to permit the exposing of existing
reinforcement, which is not to be cut but is to be exposed, retained and allowed
to project into the excavation at least 18 inches. These exposed bars will
later be reformed to tie into the patched concrete.
On banks and slopes of improved or unimproved Township roads or grass-planted
areas, the topsoil shall be saved and carefully replaced to a four-inch depth
after the opening has been refilled and resettled. The topsoil shall be raked
evenly and shall have ryegrass seed, other acceptable grass seed or approved
sod placed thereon. The permittee will be responsible for turf growth through
two mowings. If insufficient topsoil is available from the excavation, then
the permittee will bring new topsoil in and place same as required above.
After the required work or construction has been completed in the open
excavation, the backfilling shall be done, using excavated material if acceptable
to the Engineer, or, if excavated material is unacceptable, using imported
clean shale, bank-run gravel, quarry blend stone or other acceptable material.
In placing backfill, the permittee or his contractor shall use a mechanical
or vibrating tamping device or machine, placing fill in six-inch to ten-inch
compacted lifts as directed by the Engineer.
On unimproved (unpaved) roads and shoulders, the backfill shall be brought
up to within seven inches, after compaction, of the existing surface grade.
There shall then be placed five inches of two-and-one-half-inch crushed stone
ballast, which shall be bound on top only with Grade B screenings or bank-run
gravel, quarry blend stone or slag and shall be thoroughly compacted. The
remaining two inches shall be three-fourths-inch crushed stone, quarry blended,
with sufficient fines to make a tight, stable surface.
On improved (bituminous pavement) roads, the backfill shall be brought
up to a level relative to the original pavement, where a proper base and bituminous
pavement can be constructed.
Where the opening involves cutting through existing curbs, gutters,
sidewalks, driveways and any other surface structures, the permittee or his
contractor shall rebuild or replace such surface structures, as closely as
possible duplicating the original as to dimensions, grade, appearance and
materials. Curbs and gutters shall be reconstructed of State Highway Class
B concrete. Sidewalks, concrete aprons and other miscellaneous structures
shall be reconstructed of State Highway Class C concrete or superior.
Any existing subsurface pipes, utility lines, drains, foundations, abutments,
inlets or other structures that may be disturbed, damaged or removed during
the necessary opening work are to be replaced, reconstructed or repaired under
the direction of the Engineer and the appropriate officials of the utility
company whose facility may be involved. Such replacement, reconstruction or
repair shall be made using materials, methods and standards of workmanship
at least equal to those of the existing feature or, in the case of a public
utility facility, to the standards imposed by said utility. Caution and care
shall be exercised by the permittee not to disturb such existing structures
or facilities exposed by the opening and found to be in or adjacent to the
opening.
Pending the actual repaving or reconstruction operations stated above,
the permittee or his contractor shall provide a temporary pavement or surface
over the compacted refilled opening, of such material as shall be directed
by the Engineer. The contractor shall maintain, refill and temporarily repave
said surface from time to time as may be required by the Engineer or Road
Supervisor until a permanent pavement has been constructed, to provide a properly
graded traveling surface. Where a bituminous concrete temporary pavement is
indicated and warranted as determined by the Engineer, such temporary pavement
shall be constructed two inches thick of Type SM bituminous concrete or equivalent
material approved by the Engineer.
In cases where it becomes necessary to resort to tunneling operations
to accomplish the opening work in a most practical way, then the backfill
in such tunnel shall be rammed soil composed of a mixture by volume of one
part cement to six parts of aggregate material such as sand or three-fourths-inch
quarry blend stone. Tunneling shall be permitted only with the approval of
the Engineer and when the need for tunneling is indicated on the application
for the permit. Jacking or drilling is not considered to be tunneling.
Jacking and drilling will be permitted when the need is indicated on
the application for the permit and when other existing structures or utilities
will not be disturbed or damaged thereby.
No blasting shall be allowed unless approved by the Engineer. Blasting
work shall be done only by an experienced and, where required, licensed dynamiter,
and only after all required safety precautions have been taken and other necessary
permits, if any, obtained.
The permittee or his contractor shall remove all surplus or unusable
fill, debris and other materials from the job site at his own expense. The
area shall be left cleaned up at the end of the work, to the satisfaction
of the Engineer or Road Supervisor. Machinery, vehicles and tools of the contractor
shall be promptly removed from the job site when the work has been completed.
