Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 25030
Road Works: Utilities
Tabled: 20 January 2025
Answered: 22 January 2025
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring utility companies to coordinate the digging up of roads and pavements.
Answer
Lilian GreenwoodMy Department issues statutory guidance in the form of the Co-ordination Code of Practice as we know that effective planning and coordination of works can reduce congestion and impacts of works on local communities. Highway authorities have a duty to co-o...
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