Road cut

Please be advised that the City of Ottawa Council has approved a new fee structure to ensure continued cost recovery of services (ACS2024-PDB-RHU-0008) that will be coming into effect starting January 1, 2025. Please see the changes below:

New fee structure for road cut permits

For work done by or on behalf of the City of Ottawa:

• Internal Capital Street Segment Fee - $51.00
• Internal Street Segment Fee - $224.00

For all other work:

• External Street Segment Fee - $464.00

New Fees for Municipal Consent

• Application Fee: $278.00
• Circulation Fee: $359.00
• Per Meter Rate: $0.41

New Fees for Utility Circulation

• Circulation Fee: $675.00
• Per Meter Rate: $0.15
   

In addition to the fees noted above, please note that all other fees not listed here are reviewed and revised annually through the City’s budget process. Any changes to existing fees will also take effect on January 1st, 2025. For more information on the budget and the budget process please visit the City's website at Budget 2025 Information

The City of Ottawa geoOttawa map tool contains information about the City’s road network, including road classifications and the age of road pavement. This tool can also be used to determine who the Ward Councillor is in any given area, as well as the Right-of-Way in any given area.

The following provides instructions on how to access and view information on geoOttawa.

Once you have launched the geoOttawa application type the name of the street you want to view, or navigate to it using the map.

Turning on the Right-of-Way Inspector layer

• Select Layers List in the top menu bar
• Select the layer checkbox marked Staff Geographical Assignment Maps
• Select the layer checkbox marked Right-of-Way Inspector Zones 
• With these boxes checked the Right-of-Way Inspector zones will be shown and in each zone the applicable Inspector name and phone number will also be shown

Turning on the Traffic Management Inspector layer

• Select Layers List in the top menu
• Select the checkbox marked Administrative Areas  
• Select the checkbox marked Traffic Management Inspectors 
• Traffic Management Inspector zones will be shown and in each zone the applicable inspector will also be shown

Turning on the Road Classification layer

• Select Layers List in the top menu bar 
• Select the layer checkbox marked Road Information
• With these boxes checked, all roads will appear in different colours, representing the different classifications
• To find out the Road Classifications represented by each colour, follow the steps below to turn on the map legend

Tips:

• Both the Road Information and Roads – Classification checkboxes must be selected for the information to appear.
• If you can’t see the colours of the roads:
  • look to see if you have other checkboxes selected that are displaying information overtop of the Road Classification.
  • Zoom in closer
• To turn on the map legend, select Legend in the top menu bar. Once selected, the map legend will appear on the screen.

Turning on the Pavement Age

• Knowing the age of the pavement on a street segment or at an intersection can be used to determine:
  • What the applicable Pavement Degradation Fee rate will be
  • Whether or not restrictions on cuts into new pavement apply
• Select Layers List in the top menu
• Select the checkbox marked Road Information 
• Select the layer checkbox marked Roads – Pavement Age 
• Select the layer checkboxes marked Pavement Age and Road Segment – Pavement Age
• With these boxes checked information on each road segment and intersection will appear, identifying the road classification of the segment, as well as one of the following age categories, in years: 
  • 1 year (shown in red)
  • 2 year (shown in red)
  • 3 year (shown in red)
  • 4 year (shown in red)
  • >4 to 7 years (shown in green)
  • >7 to 10 years (shown in yellow)
  • >10 years (shown in black)

• The screenshot above shows the area around the intersection of Baseline Road and Fisher Avenue.
  • Fisher Avenue is classified as Arterial (shown as Road Class: Arterial) and the pavement age is not more than one year old (shown as Pavement Age: 1 year in red).
  • Baseline Rad is classified as Arterial (shown as Road Class: Arterial) and the pavement age is between the range of between five and seven years (shown as >4-7 years in green).
  • The pavement at the intersection of Fisher Avenue and Baseline Road is not more than one year old (shown as Int. Age: 1 Year in red).

Turning on the Ward Councillor layer

• Select Layers List in the top menu
• Select the layer checkbox marked Wards
• Select the layer checkbox marked Wards
• All the Ward boundaries will be shown, and the Ward name, Ward number and Councillor will appear within each

City of Ottawa Standard Tender Documents for Unit Price Contracts

In accordance with the Road Activity By-law No. 2003-445, as amended, the reinstatement of all road cuts must be done to the current Ontario Provincial Standard Specifications & Drawings (OPSS & OPSD) & City of Ottawa Standard Tender Documents for Unit Price Contracts.

The OPSS and OPSD are available on the Ministry of Transportation website.

The City of Ottawa Standard Tender Documents for Unit Price Contracts are comprised of three (3) volumes:

• Volume 1: General conditions of contract (section C), special provisions (sections D and F – specs based on OPSS)
• Volume 2: Material specifications and standard drawings
• Volume 3: Parks

The below list of standards from the City of Ottawa Standard Tender Documents for Unit Price Contracts represents the most commonly applicable standards for works done under a Road Cut Permit, and has been prepared for convenience only.

The City of Ottawa makes no representation that this list includes all standards applicable and relevant to work being done by a Road Cut Permit holder, or anyone doing work on their behalf.

Before beginning work under a Road Cut Permit, a Road Cut Permit holder and anyone doing work on their behalf must ensure they are using the most recent version of the Standard Tender Documents for Unit Price Contracts and any accompanying Technical Bulletins. It is the responsibility of the Road Cut Permit holder to ensure they comply with all requirements of the Road Activity By-law No. 2003-445, as amended including complying with the most recent version of the Standard Tender Documents for Unit Price Contracts.

The most recent version of the City of Ottawa Standard Tender Documents for Unit Price Contracts is dated March 2019, which includes the following Technical Bulletins (amendments to the current version of the standards):

• ISTB-2019-01 (dated May 3, 2019)

To obtain a copy of the latest version of the City of Ottawa Standard Tender Documents for Unit Price Contracts, as well as accompanying Technical Bulletins, email StandardsSection@ottawa.ca.

Road cut work must also be done in accordance with Section 2.11 of the City of Ottawa Accessibility Design Standards, which addresses pedestrian accessibility during construction. The Accessibility Design Standards are available on Ottawa.ca.

All Road Cuts must be reinstated in accordance with the City of Ottawa Standard Tender Documents for Unit Price Contracts. To obtain a copy of the standards email StandardsSection@ottawa.ca.