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Burlington County Department of Public Works, Engineering Division

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Burlington County Department of Public Works, Engineering Division issues 1 permit we publish for Burlington County, last verified 2026-10-10. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
County Road Occupancy, Road Opening and Driveway Access Permitonly if it applies to youBurlington County Department of Public Works, Engineering DivisionPer Appendix A of the county's Road Occupancy policy manual (Revised 3/1/2021), for applicants other than residential/farmer applicants: application fees, road occupancy $300.00, road opening and driveway access $60.00 (non-refundable); permit fees, road occupancy $200.00; road opening and driveway access: excavation within the right-of-way under 3 SY $60.00, over 3 SY plus $12.00 per SY; curb, sidewalk and path installation $1.20 per LF; drilling, tunneling, jacking or boring under 8-inch diameter $6.00 per LF, over 8-inch diameter $35.00 per LF; utility poles, monitoring wells and soil borings $100.00 each. Road opening permit fees are doubled for approved work in roads under moratorium. Appendix B (Revised 3/1/2021) deposits: $200 per SY for roadway and handicap ramp work, $75 per SY for roadside or grass work, $15 per LF for directional boring and curb, $1,500.00 minimum bond. Application and permit fees are separate and both payable; check or money order, no cash.per permit2026-10-10

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

About each permit

County Road Occupancy, Road Opening and Driveway Access Permit

The fee figures are those in Appendix A (fees) and Appendix B (deposits and bonding) of the Board of Commissioners' policy manual for road occupancy, road opening and driveway access, adopted 12/28/2015 by Resolution No. 2015-00792 and revised March 2021; both appendices are marked 'Revised 3/1/2021', and the county's current Applications & Checklists page links the manual as 'ROAD OCCUPANCY POLICY 2021'. Appendix A states that 'Non-profit entities shall not be exempt from Application and Permit Fees and Bonding requirements' and that 'The County Engineer reserves the right to amend the fees listed above.' The county's Application for Road Occupancy Permit (Rev. Jan 2020) states that a permit is 'REQUIRED FOR ANY AND ALL WORK OR EVENTS OCCURRING WITHIN THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY' and refers applicants to Appendix A for the fee schedule. The Road Opening and Driveway Access Form is submitted with it for any excavation in the county right-of-way and for 'any new driveway access, alteration to existing driveway access, or any change in use of an existing driveway access'. A business on a county road needs this permit when it builds, alters or changes the use of a driveway or works in the county right-of-way; contractors need it for any such work.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Burlington County
Phone
856-642-3700

Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.

Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

  1. Burlington County Application for Road Occupancy Permit (Rev. Jan 2020)Burlington County Department of Public Works, Engineering Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-10
  2. Burlington County Applications & Checklists pageBurlington County, New Jersey · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-10
  3. Burlington County Board of Commissioners Policy, Procedures and Specifications Manual for Road Occupancy, Road Opening, Driveway Access (adopted 12/28/2015, Resolution No. 2015-00792, revised March 2021)Burlington County Department of Public Works, Division of Engineering · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-10
  4. Burlington County Road Opening and Driveway Access Form (Rev. Jan 2020)Burlington County Department of Public Works, Engineering Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-10

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