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Infrastructure coordination services

Request for Issuance of a New Excavation Permit

An electronic service available on the Balady platform, provided to utility entities across the Kingdom, such as telecommunications, electricity, and water companies. It allows their representatives within project coordination offices to apply for an excavation permit within city limits to coordinate with other entities before excavation and to provide public utility services without the need to visit the authority.
  • Electronic only
  • Not instant
  • There is a fee

Emergency Excavation Permit

An electronic service available on the Balady platform, designed for service entities across the Kingdom, including telecommunication, electricity, and water companies. This service allows their representatives within project coordination offices to apply for an emergency excavation permit to repair unexpected failures, such as land subsidence, electrical or telephone cable disruptions, water, sewage, or gas pipeline breaks, without the need to visit the authority.
  • Electronic only
  • Not instant

Building Connection Excavation Permit Request

An electronic service available on the Balady platform, designed for service providers across the Kingdom, such as telecommunications, electricity, and water companies. It allows their representatives within project coordination offices to submit a request for a new type of excavation permit (Building Connection Excavation Permit). The request undergoes a rapid coordination and approval process, after which the permit is issued, excavation work is executed, and the excavation is closed, without the need to visit the authority.
  • Electronic only
  • Not instant

Issue Roads Work Permit Application

The Roads Work Permit service is one of the Infrastructure Works Coordination Services. It enables the Entity Representative to apply for the issuance of a Roads Work Permit within a defined spatial and temporal scope, through coordination with the relevant authorities and their approval, followed by payment of the fees and issuance of the permit. It covers Road Construction Works and Road Maintenance Works. After the permit is closed, the Maintained Streets Protection Procedures are applied to the affected roads within the permit scope, in accordance with the approved durations and controls.
  • Electronic only
  • Not instant
  • There is a fee

Issue Sidewalks Work Permit Application

The Sidewalks Work Permit service is one of the Infrastructure Works Coordination Services. It enables the Entity Representative to apply for a permit to carry out sidewalks works within a defined spatial and temporal scope, through coordination with the relevant authorities and their approval, followed by payment of the fees and issuance of the permit. It covers four categories: Sidewalk Construction, Sidewalk Maintenance, Sidewalk Pedestrianization, and Stone Paving.
  • Electronic only
  • Not instant

Future Project Coordination Request

An electronic service available on the Balady platform, designed for service providers across the Kingdom, such as telecommunications, electricity, and water companies. It allows their representatives within project coordination offices to submit a request for coordinating a future project that includes multiple excavation sites. The request must specify the exact excavation paths and undergoes a lengthy coordination and approval process to ensure full alignment among all relevant entities. The outcome is a certified coordination report, facilitating the later issuance of Previously Coordinated Excavation Permits without the need to visit the authority.
  • Electronic only
  • Not instant

Request for Multiple Excavation Coordination

An electronic service provided on the Balady platform, available to service providers across the Kingdom, including telecommunications, electricity, and water companies. It allows their representatives within project coordination offices to submit a request for coordinating multiple excavation projects within urban areas. This coordination ensures alignment with other entities before issuing excavation permits (pre-coordinated excavation permits) without the need to visit the authority.
Once a multiple excavation coordination request is completed, a request for a previously coordinated excavation permit will be issued automatically.
  • Electronic only
  • Not instant

Permissions & Settings

An electronic service available on the Balady platform, enabling service and coordination entities to assign multiple representatives, each with a distinct role, without the need to visit the authority.
  • Electronic only
  • Not instant

Request for Issuance of a Previously Coordinated Excavation Permit

An advanced electronic service available on the Balady platform that proactively issues excavation permits for previously coordinated excavation sites as described in the user guide. This service is provided to utility entities across the Kingdom, such as telecommunications, electricity, and water companies. It allows their representatives within project coordination offices to apply for a permit for a previously coordinated excavation (with a prior coordination report) to deliver public utility services, without the need to visit the authority.
Once the multiple excavation coordination request is completed, the request for issuing a pre-coordinated excavation permit will be generated automatically.
  • Electronic only
  • Not instant
  • There is a fee

Excavation Permits

An electronic service available on the Balady platform for service entities only, allowing them to obtain excavation permits. These entities provide public utility services that require excavation work on roads under the supervision of municipalities "within city limits," such as telecommunications companies, the National Water Company, the Saudi Electricity Company, and road, maintenance, parks, and flood management departments within municipalities, without the need to visit the authority.



  • Electronic only
  • Not instant

Coordination Reports

An electronic service available on the Balady platform that allows representatives of service entities to view issued and approved coordination reports related to multi-excavation coordination. They can review report details and print them without the need to visit the authority.

Approval Platform

An electronic service available on the Balady Platform, serving as one of the components of the Nasseq Platform. It includes various services and processes within the Excavation Platform, such as team management, incoming requests, permissions, and settings, all without the need for an in-person visit to the government authority.
  • Electronic only
  • Not instant

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