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The head of the body representing utilities and their contractors on street works issues has called for a 'new standard for collaboration and engagement' between his sector and highway authorities.The call follows the 'play-fair dictum' that arose in the sector during the pandemic and was widely publicised by utilities and authorities within HAUC (UK), the joint body between Street Works UK and the Joint Authorities Group (JAG (UK)).Writing on the Street Works UK website, the organisation's chief executive officer, Clive Bairsto CBE, said 'the level of collaboration and co-operation... during COVID was of a very high order'.He called for a 'proportionate application of sanctions and greater trust between local authorities and utilities'."This will transition what is too often labelled a culture of mistrust and challenge into one that fosters collaboration and incentivises even better works and responses where issues emerge.'Mr Bairsto concluded: 'There is perhaps an even greater role for Street Works UK and JAG(U K) to communicate a new standard for collaboration and engagement between our sectors that fosters this approach, challenges our industries to meet it, and sets a path out for how we achieve it.' |