marchie
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Same in Fife, Neil. Scottish Gas Network replaced all the Gas Mains and eventually refilled the holes [after about 6 weeks, which put huge pressure on the available on-street parking]. After some 2 weeks with resurfaced roads and paths, the Fibre Broadband cowboys dug everything up again and left piles of tarmac, rubble, cable drums etc blocking road and footpaths; and the final phase coincided with Scottish Water digging more holes to renew Mains etc. And the finalé was a local building contractor digging the road up again to connect new services for a property he was refurbishing, leaving 1/2 of the road width with a 1m+ deep excavation for over 2 weeks ... 'There I was, digging this hole ...' as Bernard Cribbins might have sungBeen a few protest recently in Hull, seems some regulation/law whatever went in a few years back(?) that allows company’s to install telegraph poles without needing permission. Loads I’d streets I have been walking down now have a lovely smell of creosote in the sunshine, it’s the new poles. It’s broadband providers here that’s putting them up as well Trev.
Wouldn’t be so bad but footpath has been dug up twice in the last 12 months as well by broadband company’s. Would t you think they would put their heads together and all lay/replace stuff at the same time to save money and disruption?
Sorry, that may be a bit too much as it requires joined up thinking
Steve