Abbotsford : Règlement no 3066, art. 20(a) — Street and Traffic Bylaw, 2021

the permit holder must shore a trench and an excavation in accordance with the requirements prescribed by the Workers Compensation Act and must take steps to protect property adjacent to the works;

• (b) the permit holder must not keep open more than 30 metres of a pipe trench or other excavation in a highway, unless the general manager authorizes a longer length;
• (c) the permit holder is liable to pay, on demand, the costs, incurred by the City for maintaining the highway at the location of the works for a period of one year after the completion of the works;
• (d) the permit holder must not excavate a highway beyond the centerline of the highway before the highway is backfilled and the surface of the highway is temporarily restored, unless the scope of the works requires such excavation;
• (e) the permit holder must maintain a safe crossing for pedestrians at intervals of at least 95 metres;
• (f) the permit holder must maintain at least one safe crossing for vehicles and pedestrians if the excavation is across a highway, an alley or a sidewalk;
• (g) if a highway is not sufficiently wide to hold excavated material without using part of an adjacent sidewalk, the permit holder must maintain a passageway of at least half the width of the sidewalk along the edge of the sidewalk;
• (h) the permit holder must
• (i) locate every underground facility in the area of the excavation that may be damaged or affected by the excavation,
• (ii) identify and notify the owner of the underground facility of the works before causing a ground disturbance, and
• (iii) if necessary to avoid damage to the underground facility, move the underground facility;
• (i) the permit holder is liable to pay the costs incurred by an owner of a utility, including

a utility owned by the City, for moving the existing underground facility, unless the

owner of the utility agrees otherwise;

• (j) the permit holder must ensure that a traffic control person engaged for and a sign,

a flare or a barricade used for the works complies with the policies, specifications, standards and guidelines for traffic management for works on a roadway prepared by the ministry responsible for the Transportation Act;

• (k) the permit holder must place signage on the highway in advance of the construction area of the works and in an inconspicuous manner such that a user of the highway has sufficient space to safely avoid a conflict with the works;
• (l) the permit holder must place a cone, a sign, a light or other approved device to channel traffic in the area of the works;
• (m) the permit holder must obtain approval from the general manager before carrying out a channelization, a detour or a closure;
• (n) material excavated from a trench or tunnel and piled adjacent to the excavation must be piled and maintained in a manner that
• (i) does not endanger an individual working in the trench, a pedestrian or other user of the highway,
• (ii) protects a creek or watercourse affected by the works, and
• (iii) minimizes the inconvenience caused to
• (A) a user of the highway, or
• (B) an adjacent property;
• (o) to expedite the flow of traffic or to abate a dirt or dust nuisance in the area of the works, the general manager may require the permit holder to
• (i) provide toe boards, or similar equipment, or
• (ii) install a temporary walkway if the excavated area is muddy or is not convenient for a pedestrian to cross;
• (p) if the excavated area is not sufficiently wide for excavated material to be piled adjacent to the trench, the general manager may require the permit holder to move the excavated material to a storage or disposal site;
• (q) as excavation works progress, the permit holder must ensure that a highway affected by the works is clean and free of garbage, debris and unused equipment;
• (r) the permit holder must ensure that, as soon as practicable after the works is completed, or within 24 hours of receiving notice from the general manager, a highway affected by the works is clean and free of garbage, debris and unused equipment.