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DeKalb County tightens highway and utility permits, orders stop work for SurfNet until corrections are made
Summary
Highway staff updated right-of-way, utility and overweight permit fees and penalties, added daylight-hour limits and bond requirements, and the commissioners approved a stop-work order and a temporary $10,000 bond requirement for SurfNet amid repeated work-plan violations.
Highway Department staff presented a package of permit changes that commissioners approved to give the county more enforcement tools and fees to help maintain roads and right-of-way safety.
The board adopted a $50 fee for private right-of-way cut permits (with penalties for unpermitted work), new categories for water/gas/sewer work, and added a $100-per-move fee and a $500 annual enforcement penalty for specified overweight moves. For County Road 61 — a corridor with particularly heavy…
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