Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 13b - Transportation
17 - Encroachment Permit Regulations
Section 13b-17-11 - Cost of permit work

(a) The time of all employees of the Department, including Permit Inspectors, laborers and General Supervisors, will be charged to the permittee for the number of hours of service rendered in connection with the permit, with the exception that no charge will be made for the time and travel expense of a Permit Inspector on any day when the inspector is on the project less than two hours.

(b) Charges for State-owned equipment will be made according to the rental rate established by the Commissioner in applying equipment costs to the Department's routine work on the State highway system.

(c) Supplies and materials furnished by the State will be charged at the State's cost.

(d) Expenses of travel of Permit Inspectors and other Department personnel will be charged at cost, based on a rate per mile established by the Department.

(e) When work under a permit necessitates the removal of any guide railing, the removal may be performed by the permittee unless the permit specifically provides to the contrary. In all instances where guide rail is to be removed, the permittees at their own expense, shall fill the area behind the rail with material acceptable to the District Maintenance Manager to such extent, elevation and drainage control as the District Maintenance Manager shall direct. The required backfilling shall be completed prior to the removal of the railing. All railing shall remain the property of the State and shall be delivered to the State garage designated by the District Maintenance Manager.

(f) To cover overhead, administrative and engineering expenses of the Department, a percentage, as determined by the Department, of the total direct labor, equipment and material costs will be charged to the permittee in addition to the actual expenses.

(g) When the work of a permittee is in a location where a State highway monument, boundary marker, base line monument or geodetic monument must be disturbed, the permittee shall identify, locate and protect it and then notify the District Maintenance Manager prior to any work in the area so that Department surveyors may record measurements essential to the resetting of the monument by the State after the permittee has completed permit related work. The permittee will be billed by the Department for full engineering and replacement costs of monuments that are disturbed or destroyed by the permittee's operations.

(h) When any State highway warning or directional sign, State-owned historical site marker or colonial milestone must be removed, relocated or disturbed by the operations of the permittee, the permittee shall notify the District Maintenance Manager. The removal, storage and restoration of such signs, markers or historical stones will be done by the Department at the expense of the permittee.

(i) When the traffic signal or signal actuation device is disturbed or destroyed or is in imminent danger of being rendered inoperable by permitted work, the permittee shall notify the state at once. Temporary arrangements to accommodate the interruption will be made by the state as well as providing a permanent repair to the damaged equipment. The temporary accommodations and final restoration of the signals operation shall be done at the expense of the permittee.

(j) The charges to the permittee will be compiled by the Department and appropriate invoices will be forwarded to the permittee. Invoices shall be paid promptly when received by the permittee. Every effort will be made by the Department to keep the expenses of inspection and other work performed to a minimum, consistent with adequate protection of the road user and the investment of the State in the highway.