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MPs blast utilities over damage caused by streetworks

31 October 2008

Utilities came under fire over streetworks from members of the House of Commons in an adjournment debate on Monday.
The quality of reinstatement was at issue as well as disruption.
Andrew Gwynne, Labour MP for Denton and Reddish, complained that 8,000 excavations in his constituency had led to an "unsightly patchwork effect of repair". He said the life of a road surface could be cut by nearly one-third "as a direct result of utility openings". Long-term damage was not among the costs that could be recouped from utilities.
He called for a change in the law so that any company carrying out streetworks would be liable for the "full cost of restoration of the whole length of road".
Transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick replied that reinstatement would be discussed in a code of practice that was being developed as the Traffic Management Act was implemented.

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