Section 4Sec./Art. 4

Excavation and Restoration Works.- For the purpose of erecting and maintaining poles and other supports for the wires or other conductors for the laying and maintaining of underground wires, cables, pipes, or other conductors, the grantee, its successors or assignees, is authorize to make excavations or lay conduits in any of the public places, highways, roads, streets, lines, alleys, avenues, sidewalks, or bridges of the said province and cities and/or municipalities:Provided, however,That a public place, highway, road, street, lane, alley, avenue, sidewalk, or bridge disturbed, altered, or changed by reason of erection of poles or other supports or the underground laying of wires, other conductors or conduits, shall be repaired and replaced in workmanlike manner at the expense of the grantee, its successors or assignees, in accordance with the standards set by the DPWH or the local government unit concerned.

Should the grantee, its successors or assignees, after the ten (10)-day notice from the grant of authority, fail, refuse or neglect to repair or replace any part of public place, road, highway, street, lane, alley, avenue, sidewalk, or bridge that has been disturbed, altered or changed by the said grantee, its successors or assignees, then the DPWH or the LGU concerned shall have the right to have the same repaired and replaced in good order and condition and charge the grantee, its successors or assignees, at double the amount of the costs and expenses for such repair or replacement.