Engineering

Responsibilities
The Engineering Department:
  • Provides the various Town boards, committees, and departments with civil engineering and land surveying expertise
  • Designs public works-type projects
  • Obtains the necessary permits and approvals for them
  • Assigns street numbers to properties in the Town in accordance with Town Bylaw E1
  • Manages connections to the public sewer system and construction within public right-of-ways
Information available in the Engineering Department includes:
  • Recorded property deeds and plot plans
  • Road layouts & stormwater/sewer utility information
  • FEMA flood maps
  • Subdivision & Special Permit plans
  • Aerial photos of Acton
  • Historical maps of Acton

Sewer Connection Permits & Information

  1. Sewer Connection Application
  2. Drain Layer License Application
  3. Minor Construction Right-Of-Way Permit
  4. As-Built Form
  5. Sewer Regulations

Right-Of-Way Construction Permits & Information

  1. Application & Checklist for Permit to Construct Within a Public Way
  2. Trench Permit
  3. W-9 - Request for Taxpayer
  4. Insurance Requirements
  5. Rules and Regulations for Permits to Construct within Public Ways
  6. Unit Cost to Construct a Roadway

Stormwater/Land Disturbance Permits & Information

  1. Land Disturbance Permits - Information for the public
  2. Projects Requiring Stormwater Management Review - Flowlist
  3. Land Disturbance Application & Checklist
  4. Stormwater Chapter X Rules & Regulations
  5. Inspection & Maintenance Certification Form
  6. As-Built Certification Form
  7. Example Stormwater Report and Cost Estimate