Curb Cuts

Curb Cuts and Sidewalk Driveway Crossings

For curb cuts construction, contact Yamashiro Doboku in Nagoya, Japan

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Curb Cuts Construction, Timelapse

What is a curb cut?

A curb cut is a dip in a sidewalk and curb that enables a vehicle to drive to a driveway, garage, parking lot, loading dock or drive-through. Before beginning a curb cut project, the Department must approve the proposed plans to confirm that the design meets safety and zoning requirements.

Curb Cut Permits and Yamashiro Project

  • Complete the work permit application, and submit the required documents through Yamashiro Doboku.
  • Obtain the Department’s application approval.
  • File for and pull all construction permits.
  • Complete the work.
  • Close the curb cut construction process.

Installation of plates, etc. is against the law

To bridge the gap between the parking lot and the road, metal plates or ramps are sometimes installed to allow vehicles to enter safely.

Not only do these actions violate the Road Act, but they can also cause pedestrians to trip and motorbike and bicycle accidents, and the installer may be held liable.

Also, on rainy days, they can block the flow of rainwater, impeding drainage of the road surface and causing water to accumulate on the road surface, causing traffic obstructions.

The parking ramp installation issue was also covered by Yahoo! JAPAN News

About application and fees

  • There is a step on the sidewalk and I can’t drive my car into the garage or parking lot.
  • I’ve remodeled and moved the garage, so I want to change where the sidewalk steps up.
  • Now that I know the ramp installation is illegal, so I want to have it done.

In such cases, you can apply to the local government and get approval to shorten the sidewalk, increase its width, or change its position.

Obstacles

The price will also vary depending on whether or not street lights, utility poles, plants, manholes, and storm water pipes are included.

Yamashiro Doboku, a group of professional civil engineers, specializes in these removal and relocation tasks, so we are able to shorten construction times and make costs down more than other companies.

Construction costs are borne by the individual

Application fee

In the case of Nagoya city, it is about 50,000 yen.

Construction costs

It’s about 500,000 yen.

Flow of Curb cuts construction

  • 1. Customer inquiries and quotation requests

    Please use the inquiry form. When making an inquiry, please let us know the site address, contact information, photos of the site, drawings, etc.

  • 2. Submit a quote

    We will send you a quote via email. Quotes are free of charge.

  • 3. The customer places a formal order

    Please check the quotation. If you wish to place an order, please reply via email with “Place an order”.
    Please place your order at least 4 weeks before the desired completion date of the work.
    First-time customers and individual customers are required to pay 50% of the work cost in advance.

  • 4. From construction preparation to start and completion

    1. Meeting
    The curb cutting work will be carried out based on the instructions of each government office. After listening to the customer’s requests and wishes, we will hold a meeting with the government office.

    2. Creating construction drawings
    We will create materials for the curb cutting work and documents to submit to the road user (police station).

    3. Application procedure to the road administrator
    The application fee is about 50,000 yen in Nagoya City.
    *Please contact us for other areas.

    4. Approval
    We will notify the police station and apply for a road occupation permit.
    *It will take about one week from application to approval.

    5. Start of construction
    We will receive the permit and submit a construction start notification. Construction will begin.

    6. Completion
    Once the construction is completed, we will submit the necessary notifications to each government office.

  • 5. Billing

    Once the work is completed, please pay the remaining balance within two weeks.

  • 6. Feedback

    Please let us know your thoughts, opinions and impressions about the service.
    We will use this feedback to improve our next service and aim to provide a higher quality service.

Construction requests and inquiries

Estimates are free.

Please feel free to contact Yamashiro Doboku using the email form.

Yamashiro Doboku, Inc.

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We will provide and accurate estimate after inspecting the site.
We specialize in curb cutting work, mainly in Nagoya City and the surrounding area.

Curb Cuts Mail Form

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    About Curb Cuts

    From Wikipedia

    A curb cut (U.S.), curb ramp, depressed curb, dropped kerb (UK), pram ramp, or kerb ramp (Australia) is a solid (usually concrete) ramp graded down from the top surface of a sidewalk to the surface of an adjoining street. It is designed primarily for pedestrian usage and commonly found in urban areas where pedestrian activity is expected. In comparison with a conventional curb (finished at a right angle 4–6 inches (10–15 cm) above the street surface) a curb cut is finished at an intermediate gradient that connects both surfaces, sometimes with tactile paving.