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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 GF a—NeFth hardship to the small (family) subdivider. <br /> Also, the location of the <br /> travelway must be certified to be within the platted private road Response: A surveyor's professional certification is <br /> right-of-way ,•.,* Fight ef way must be eeFtified by a North required to determine the location of the road, but.that <br /> Carolina Registered Land Surveyor. to be withiR the platted pFivate certification does not require knowledge of engineering <br /> fead-Fight ef way. The road must be inspected during construction so standards for roads. A Professional Engineer can <br /> that any changes or improvements necessary to insure approval can certify road construction using recycled roadbed <br /> be made before the stone is placed and the shoulders and ditches are materials. If engineering certification is not required, then <br /> seeded and mulched. In order for this to happen, the subdivider or the Board should amend the ordinance to limit private <br /> representative must inform the professional making the certification road standards to only those standards that can be <br /> prior to the start of construction and at intervals during construction certified by the certifying agency. <br /> when inspections are needed so that they can be 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 lies <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 /> co <br />