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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS 8 <br /> Private road construction must be inspected and the Comment: The cost for professional engineer <br /> construction certified in writing to the Orange County Planning certification of private road construction may create a <br /> Department by a North Carolina Professional Engineer OF a—Neah hardship to the small (family) subdivider. <br /> Carolina Register-ed Land SuFveye . Also, the location of the <br /> travelway within the right-of-way must be certified to be within the Response: A surveyor's professional certification does <br /> platted private road right-of-way. The road must be inspected during not require knowledge of engineering standards for <br /> construction so that any changes or improvements necessary to insure roads. A Professional Engineer can certify road <br /> approval can be made before the stone,is placed and the shoulders construction using recycled roadbed materials. If <br /> and ditches are seeded and mulched. In order for this to happen, the engineering certification is not required, then the Board <br /> subdivider or representative must inform the professional making the should amend the ordinance to limit private road <br /> certification prior to the start of construction and at intervals during standards to only those standards that can be certified <br /> construction when inspections are needed so that they can be by the certifying agency. <br /> scheduled. <br /> NOTE: The cost of the professional engineer <br /> certification depends more on how well the road has <br /> been constructed and the quality of the road plans than <br /> on the length or type of road that is being built. The <br /> cost is related to the number of times that an engineer <br /> must inspect the road; therefore, if the road does not <br /> meet standards, the engineer must inspect the road a <br /> second (or third) time to see that the deficiency/ies <br /> has/have been corrected. Road inspection fees range <br /> from $500 to $1,500 for most minor subdivisions. Road <br /> inspections for larger projects (10 lot subdivisions) <br /> may run from $1,000 (with good design specifications) <br /> to $2,000. If the same firm designs and constructs the <br /> road, the firm will certify its work, and the road <br /> inspection certification would be included in the <br /> construction costs. <br /> 00 <br />