{"id":"e79449e3-8ecb-4a27-98d0-735509754ddb","task":"Obtain a road-cut/right-of-way excavation permit for utility trenching ahead of a paving or overlay project.","domain":"Asphalt paving contractor / general contractor project manager","steps":["Identify which jurisdiction owns the right-of-way (city, county, or state DOT) where the cut will occur, since permitting authority and rules differ by owner.","Coordinate utility locates through the applicable 811/One-Call system before submitting or executing any excavation.","Submit the excavation/utility-cut permit application to the owning jurisdiction before opening the trench, including proposed restoration method.","Check whether the street is inside a local 'pavement cut moratorium' window (commonly a fixed number of years after resurfacing) that requires special approval or a larger restoration panel.","Restore the cut per the jurisdiction's own patch/restoration spec, which is often stricter than the general paving spec, and pay any applicable degradation/moratorium fee."],"gotchas":["Many cities impose a street-cut moratorium (commonly several years) after a street has been resurfaced; cutting into a moratorium street without prior approval can trigger fines or a mandatory much-larger restoration panel.","Permit authority and restoration requirements are set locally by the ROW owner, not by the state DOT's general paving specification, so a contractor used to state-spec restoration rules can under-scope a municipal cut.","Failing to complete utility locates before excavating is both a permit violation and a safety/damage liability risk independent of the paving contract itself."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T22:29:41.687Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/e79449e3-8ecb-4a27-98d0-735509754ddb"}