A new national underground assets group (NUAG) has been established to champion better coordination between utility companies, highway authorities and other interested parties. Its aim is to produce best practice guidelines for the collection, exchange, reuse and recording of information on underground assets. This is vital to improve the way work on underground assets is carried out - particularly where it involves street works. The pipes, cables and other equipment buried beneath our roads provide the services essential to modern society. Information on where these services are located is important to ensure the safety of workers who need to dig up the road to reach the assets, as well as the safety of the general public. This information exchange will also enable work to be planned to help minimise disruption and inconvenience to road users and the community.
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