• Design, management and construction supervision of all City projects each year. These projects include: street reconstruction, water and sewer systems, parks, bridges and all other infrastructure projects.
• Administration of the City's Sidewalk Assistance Program
• Administration and construction supervision of Street Work Permits
• Maintenance and updates of City maps
• Maintenance of specification standards
• Engineering assistance to the general public and other City departments

The 2024 Curb&Sidewalk Assistance Program provides financial assistance to property owners seeking to construct or re construct curbs and sidewalks along their properties and within the city right of way. The city will pay the contractor as based on a maximum unit price established each year by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. In the 2024 Construction Season, the city has allotted $4.50 per square foot of 5-foot-wide sidewalk, $4.75 per square foot of 6-foot-wide sidewalk, and $17.75 per lineal foot of curb and curb gutter. All contracts for work are to be negotiated solely between the property owner and the contractor.

Eligibility

Once the application has been received by the City’s Engineering Department, an engineering inspector will evaluate the property to determine the number of square feet of sidewalk and/or lineal feet of curb that are eligible for the Assistance Program. In a letter to the property owner, the city will then identify the eligible work and the associated amount to be issued to the contractor once work has been completed and inspected by the Engineering Department. Any variances to the approved work must be authorized by the City Engineer prior to starting the improvements.

Payments

The contractor must submit an itemized statement of all work performed, related costs, and all payments received from the property owner. A check will then be sent directly to the contractor.

History

The Curb&Sidewalk Assistance Program was introduced in the 1970’s to assist property owners with the cost of maintaining their sidewalks and curbs. Although it is the responsibility of the property owners to maintain and repair the sidewalks that border their property, this program underscores the concept that sidewalks and curbs in good condition benefit the entire neighborhood.

Deadline and Links

Applications for the Curb&Sidewalk Assistance Program must be submitted in time for the contractor to apply for a Street Work Permit. Street Work Permits are only issued for this type of work between April 1^st, 2024, and October 31^st, 2024.

2024 Curb&Sidewalk Assistance Program Applications are available per request by emailing engineering@cityofbinghamton.gov, by calling the Engineering Department at (607) 772-7007.

2024 Curb & Sidewalk Assistance Program Application

Street work permits are required in accordance with Section 355-35 of the Code of the City of Binghamton.

Insurance

The contractor shall carry Workers’ Compensation Insurance for all his/her employees, in accordance with State or
Territorial Workers’ Compensation Law.

• Protective Liability Insurance requirements:
• Type of Insurance—Comprehensive General Liability Insurance & New York State Worker’s Compensation & Disability Insurance.
• Name insured—The City of Binghamton must be clearly named “Additional Insured” or “Co-Insured”. “Additional Insured” MUST read “City of Binghamton is named additional insured for $1,000,000.00 on a primary, noncontributory basis”.
• Amount of coverage—Bodily Injury (BI) and Property Damage (PD) combined $1,000,000.00 each occurrence; BI & PD combined, $2,000,000.00 aggregate.
• Effective period of coverage must be specific.
• Cancellation or termination—should such insurance policy or policies be canceled or changed before the expiration date listed therein, the issuing company will provide the City of Binghamton with ten (10) days written notice forward to: “City Engineer, City of Binghamton, 38 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY 13901”. It is the contractor’s responsibility to provide the City Engineer with current Certificate(s) of Liability Insurance.
• It is the contractor’s responsibility to provide the City Engineer with current Certificate(s) of Liability Insurance in forms satisfactory to the City.

Bond

• Security shall be exacted for excavation work to be performed on any footpath, sidewalk, street, alley, or ground(s) pursuant to the following:
• The security for any excavations shall be in the form of a performance bond in the amount of $5,000.00 for each excavation not in the pavement. Security for excavations in the pavement shall be $10,000.00 for each excavation.
• This bond shall cover from one to ten excavations by and individual or business in any one calendar year. Any individual or business engaging in greater than 10 excavations within such calendar year shall produce a bond in the amount of $5,000.00 per each 10 additional excavations not in paved areas and in the amount of $10,000.00 for each ten additional excavations in paved areas. The term of the bond shall be 24 months.
• The maximum amount of a performance bond in any calendar year for one organization or firm shall be $200,000.00.

Street Work Permit Application

Street Work Permit Fees

This form is to be completed by companies, contractors and/or individuals responding to invitations from the City of Binghamton to bid on blight demolition projects.

Demolition Bid Form

ADA Transition Plan

LEP Plan

Nondiscrimination Disclosure

Non-discrimintaion Policy Statement

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