IN INDOT blanket broadband bonds.
From $100. One bond, all year.
If you install broadband in INDOT rights-of-way regularly, a blanket highway permit bond covers all your broadband permits for a year instead of bonding each one. INDOT sets the amount; pricing is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — your exact price is set by that amount, not a credit tier. The original is mailed for your wet-ink signature before filing.
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Apply, then watch your mail.
The blanket bond is issued on payment, then mailed because INDOT wants the principal’s wet-ink signature on the original. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the blanket bond amount INDOT set, and the mailing address for the original — that is the entire application.
Issued on payment
The application collects no credit information, and most blanket bonds issue instantly — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick soft-pull review that never affects your score.
Sign the original & file
The original bond is mailed to your address; the principal signs it in wet ink and files it with INDOT. We email a copy the same day so you are never waiting blind.
What it is and who needs it.
What the blanket bond actually covers
Indiana has pushed broadband into its highway corridors through the Dig Once program under IC 8-23-5-10, and INDOT controls all access to the right-of-way under IC 8-23. Every broadband permit comes with a surety bond — if you install fiber and communications infrastructure across many INDOT permits, a blanket bond covers them all for a year.
The blanket broadband bond guarantees you do the permitted installs to the department’s standards and restore the right-of-way, across every broadband permit you hold. INDOT sets the blanket amount based on your install volume and scope — broadband corridor work can carry larger amounts than ordinary right-of-way permits.
Because INDOT wants the principal’s wet-ink signature on the original, we mail the executed bond to you to sign and file (and email a copy the same day). If you damage the right-of-way under any covered permit, INDOT can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you are
One application, then watch your mail.
Submit the application with the blanket amount INDOT set and your mailing address — the executed bond is mailed for your wet-ink signature, with an emailed copy the same day.
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INDOT blanket broadband bond, issued today.
From $100. One bond for all your broadband permits — mailed for your signature.