The Permittee shall notify the Highway Superintendent when an inspection is required, and the Superintendent will coordinate the date and timing of such inspection.
A. 
The Permittee shall notify the Highway Superintendent for an inspection at each of the following events:
(1) 
Prior to the start of trench excavation operations;
(2) 
Prior to trench backfilling operations;
(3) 
Following completion of temporary patch placement;
(4) 
Prior to removal of temporary patch for installation of permanent patch;
(5) 
Following final paving preparation (i.e., after saw cutting and grading, but prior to placing asphalt); and
(6) 
Following completion of permanent patch placement.
B. 
The Superintendent may also make additional inspections from the events listed above if deemed necessary to enforce these Regulations. If any dispute exists as to the amount, nature, or scope of the work under this Regulation, the decision and judgment of the Superintendent shall be final and binding unless appealed to or stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Except in emergency situations, Road Opening Work shall occur between the hours of 7:00 AM and 3:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Permittee must give notice of the intended Road Opening Work one week in advance to the Superintendent, and the Chief of Police, and, if required, arrange for and pay for the police detail to be present throughout the period of time that the Road Opening Work is to be conducted. Any deviation from these hours must be requested in advance and approved in writing.
Prior to beginning any Road Opening Work, the Permittee shall contact DIGSAFE at telephone number 1-888-DIG-SAFE to have all underground utilities located. The assigned DIGSAFE number shall be listed on the road opening permit application.
Before starting any excavation, the Permittee must confer with all utilities to obtain information from each as to the horizontal and vertical locations of the existing utilities and other conditions that may affect the excavation. This includes contacting the Erving Water and Wastewater Departments at telephone number 413-423-3500. The Permittee shall not interfere with any existing utility without the written consent of the Superintendent and the owner of the utility. If it becomes necessary to relocate an existing utility, this shall be done by the Permittee. The Permittee shall inform itself as to the existence and location of all underground utilities to protect the same against damage.
The Permittee shall adequately support and protect by timbers, sheeting, etc. all pipes, conduits, poles, wires, cables or other appurtenances which may be in any way affected by the excavation work and shall do everything necessary to support, sustain and protect them under, over, along or across such work areas. The excavation shall be performed and conducted in such a manner that it shall not interfere with access to fire stations, fire hydrants, water gates, underground vaults, catch basins or any other public structure.
The Permittee shall, at all times and at its own expense, preserve and protect from injury any adjoining property by providing proper foundations and shall take such other precautions as may be necessary for this purpose. The Permittee shall not remove, even temporarily, any trees or shrubs which exist in planting strip areas without first obtaining permission from the Superintendent.
In the event a tree is either accidentally destroyed by the Permittee or is authorized for removal by the Superintendent, the Permittee shall remove the tree, stump and debris from the work site, and replace the tree with in accordance with the Town's approved Tree Replanting Plan, with a minimum caliper of three inches in the location approved by the Tree Warden.
The Permittee shall, where possible, maintain safe crossings for two lanes of vehicle traffic at all public intersections as well as safe crossings for pedestrians. If any excavation is made across a Public Way, it shall be made in sections to assure maximum safe crossing for vehicles and pedestrians. If the Public Way is not wide enough to hold the excavated material for temporary storage, the material shall be immediately removed from the location at the Permittee's expense.
The Permittee shall take appropriate measures to ensure that safe traffic conditions shall be maintained at all times so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible to the occupants of the adjoining property and to the general public. Unless the requirement for a police detail is waived by the Chief of Police, the Permittee shall engage a police detail to maintain traffic control and public safety at the project site. Warning signs shall be placed a sufficient distance from the project site in order to alert all traffic coming in both directions. Cones or other approved devices shall be placed to channel traffic. Warning signs, lights, and such other precautions shall conform to the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways "(latest edition). Construction materials and equipment on the site shall be limited in quantity and in the space they occupy so that they do not improperly hinder and block traffic. A traffic management plan must be submitted along with the street opening permit applications on arterial collector roads or where construction may have significant impacts.
The Permittee shall keep all gutters free and unobstructed for the full depth of the adjacent curb and for at least one foot in width from the face of such curb at the gutter line. Catch basins shall be kept clear and serviceable.
The Permittee, at their own expense, shall remove from the site all excess excavated material, surplus water, muck, silt or other run-off pumped or removed from excavations.
At the end of each workday, all trenches must be plated if repair work is not completed and/or backfilled, compacted and temporarily patched. No open unplated trenches are permitted overnight, and work in plated trenches must be continually prosecuted to completion to minimize the time trenches are plated.
The Permittee shall perform the work in such a manner as to avoid unnecessary inconvenience and annoyance to the general public and occupants of neighboring property. During the hours of 3:00 PM to 7:00 AM, the Permittee shall not use, unless otherwise specifically permitted, in writing, by the Superintendent, any tool, appliance or equipment producing noise of sufficient volume to disturb the sleep or repose of occupants of the neighboring property.
All lawn surfaces which are disturbed during Road Opening Work shall be replaced with sod or six inches of screened loam, lime fertilized and reseeded with commercial quality lawn seed. Any areas containing plantings shall be restored to their original condition with the same or similar plantings.
The Permittee shall be responsible for all erosion control and for obtaining any necessary permits from the Conservation Commission. The Permittee shall protect drainage structures from siltation by whatever means required, including but not limited to the installation of hay bales and/or filter fabric. In the event that a drainage structure becomes damaged from siltation as a result of the Road Opening Work, the Permittee shall clean the structure at their own expense before completing the temporary patch.