§ 78-191. Prompt completion of work.  


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  • (a)

    After an excavation is commenced, the permittee shall prosecute with diligence and expedition all excavation work covered by the excavation permit and shall promptly complete such work and restore the street to its original condition, or as near as may be, so as not to obstruct the public place or travel thereon more than is reasonably necessary.

    (b)

    When traffic conditions, the safety or convenience of the traveling public, or the public interests require that the excavation work be performed as emergency work, the public works department shall have full power to order, at the time the permit is granted, that a crew of men and adequate facilities be employed by the permittee 24 hours a day to the end that such excavation work may be completed as soon as possible.

(Parish Code 1977, § 20-38)