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Cable: carving up a street near you

By: Language: English Series: Surveyor ; 181(5291) 12 May 1994, 12-14(3)Publication details: 1994Subject(s): Summary: Cable-laying by telecommunications firms over the last year or so has caused much damage and introduced problems for the enforcement of the New Roads and Streetworks Act. Criticism from local authorities points to the inappropriateness of the Act for dealing with such large scale projects over a four year span, as compared with the traditional utilities, and seeks more effective supervisory controls with larger fines for transgressions.

Cable-laying by telecommunications firms over the last year or so has caused much damage and introduced problems for the enforcement of the New Roads and Streetworks Act. Criticism from local authorities points to the inappropriateness of the Act for dealing with such large scale projects over a four year span, as compared with the traditional utilities, and seeks more effective supervisory controls with larger fines for transgressions.