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Commission adopts ordinance replacing trench maintenance fee with bond to ensure prompt roadway repairs
Summary
The commission approved code amendments replacing a trench-maintenance fee with a trench-maintenance bond that requires contractors to complete final pavement work; staff said the change shifts responsibility back to builders and provides a financial guarantee for timely repairs.
The Birmingham City Commission voted to amend city code so that contractors must post a trench maintenance bond rather than pay a stand-alone trench-maintenance fee, a change staff said will accelerate restoration of streets and sidewalks disturbed by water and sewer connections.
City Engineer Melissa Coda told commissioners the existing process (adopted in 2019) required the city to bundle many small repairs into an…
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