Telšiai sets daily excavation-permit levies at €5–€20

Contractors, utilities, developers and private owners who dig, lay networks, store materials or fence off public areas in Telšiai district face a daily local levy for the permit, payable before the permit is issued or extendedE TAR. The payer is any natural or legal person to whom the permit is issued, and the amount collected accrues to the Savivaldybė budget.

The daily base depends on what is done and where, for an affected or fenced area of 1–100 sq m.E TAR Breaking open the carriageway of roads and streets costs EUR 20 per day.E TAR Breaking open pavements, footpaths, cycle tracks, squares and yards costs EUR 10 per day.E TAR Digging in green areas and on gravel or soil surfaces costs EUR 10 per day.E TAR Closing a whole street across its full width without digging costs EUR 20 per day.E TAR Partly fencing a carriageway, up to half its width, or restricting traffic without digging costs EUR 10 per day.E TAR Fencing pavements, squares or yards while restricting pedestrian traffic without digging costs EUR 10 per day.E TAR Fencing public areas in squares, parks, green zones, forest parks, waterfronts and apartment-block yards for storage, loading or machinery, unrelated to digging, costs EUR 5 per day.E TAR

Two multipliers apply to the table amount.E TAR Where the dug or fenced area exceeds 100 sq m the amount doubles.E TAR Where digging, or part of it, is carried out in a street that received a new asphalt surface, capital repair or reconstruction less than five years earlier, the amount is multiplied by fiveE TAR, counted from the acceptance-transfer deed signed for the client. Where one permit covers works in different categories, the highest applicable daily amount governs.E TAR Each extra day of an extended permit is charged on the same basis.E TAR

The levy runs from the first day of the permit period — the start of digging, fencing or traffic restrictionE TAR — until restoration of surfaces or greenery, or installation of temporary surfacing, is finishedE TAR. The levy is calculated and paid before issue or extension to the Telšių rajono savivaldybės administracija account at Luminor Bank AS, account No LT034010051006394097, so no late-payment interest accrues. A levy holder may ask the issuing seniūnija in writing to extend the term where force majeure beyond the holder's control makes works overrun; no levy is charged for time extended on that groundE TAR. Validity may also be suspended at the holder's written request for up to 30 days before works start, with no levy for the suspension periodE TAR.

No levy is charged for remedying underground-network failures lasting no more than five days, for infrastructure works performed under a contract with Telšių rajono savivaldybė, or where private owners connect to the centralised water supply or wastewater system.E TAR Further relief requires a Savivaldybės taryba decision. Overpayments and amounts paid where no permit was issued are refunded on written request filed within three months of payment, decided within 30 days; amounts are not refunded where the permit was cancelled for breach of construction or excavation rules. The Savivaldybės taryba may review the amounts once a year, and the Savivaldybės kontrolės ir audito tarnyba controls collection.

Legal basis is Telšių rajono savivaldybės tarybos 2026 m. spalio 29 d. sprendimas Nr. T1-301E TAR with the attached NuostataiE TAR, adopted under Lietuvos Respublikos vietos savivaldos įstatymo 15 straipsnio 2 dalies 29 punktasE TAR and Lietuvos Respublikos rinkliavų įstatymo 11 straipsnio 1 dalies 1 punktasE TAR.