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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />SECTION 3900: MISCELLANEOUS <br />SUBSECTION 3910 <br />TRENCH CUTTING - <br />-ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: April 6, 1984 <br />This trench cutting policy provides uniform guidelines and requirements for trenching within San <br />Joaquin County right of way. It is intended to assist members of the public, private contractors, <br />employees of the Department of Public Works, and any other parties trenching in -San Joaquin <br />County. <br />3910.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS <br />A. Resurfacing requirements specified in this policy are in addition to the trench <br />resurfacing requirements specified by San Joaquin County Standard Drawing R- <br />29. <br />B. For the purpose of this policy, "Surfacing Age' is derived as he a.ga of_the_most _. <br />recently completed roadway surfacing, .including construction, reconstruction., or <br />major overlay. <br />C. * Where the application of seal coats is required a Type- if Slurry Seal will be used <br />in accordance with State Standard Specifications, Section 37-2. <br />D. The permittee must post a one-year maintenance bond or cash deposit, in an <br />amount specified by the Department. <br />E. All pavement markings destroyed or obliterated -Must be•replaced in kind -by the <br />permittee. Typical- pavement markings include, but are not limited to, lane lines, <br />centerlines-, stop and stop ahead legends, limit lines, raised pavemeht markers, <br />-and miscellaneous delfneators. <br />F. The permittee is responsible for Survey Monuments disturbed by trenching and is <br />required to file a comer record and to reestablish them using a Licensed Land <br />Surveyor after the trench restoration is completed. <br />G. Functional classification maps and Public Works Project Advertising Schedules <br />are references for this policy. <br />H. To facilitate scheduling and planning, Public Works staff will make available the <br />most current Project Advertising Schedule at the monthly Utility Coordiriatfon <br />Meeting and make it available to the public, at the Permits Counter, in January <br />each year. <br />3910.2 COLLECTORS ARTERIALS AND EXPRESSWAYS <br />A. Surfacing Age less than Three (3) Years: No pavement cuts. Exceptions may be <br />approved in accordance with Section 3910.4 EXCEPTIONS. <br />B. Surfacing Age Three (3) Years and Over. <br />1. Longitudinal Trench Cutting in Paved Shoulder Areas:' <br />The entire shoulder of the road is to be resurfaced. The existing surfacing <br />adjacent to the trenched area shall be planed to accommodate the overlay <br />in a manner that does not cause drainage concems. The nearest <br />pavement cut shall be a minimum of three (3) feet from the edge of <br />pavement, or the remaining pavement shall also be removed and <br />replaced. (SEE EXHIBIT 1: LONGITUDINAL CUTTING OF COUNTY <br />ROADWAYS.) <br />S:1SUSA-APRDCEDUPEM3910DP.AFTNDCHANGES P -12 -12 -DOC H,/ GE 1 OF 3 REVISED 09-12-12 - <br />REVIS.ION NO. 2 <br />