Gateshead permit scheme for road works and street works
Recommendations
- Seek to improve permit officer knowledge of the network through increased involvement in site inspections and visits with the street works inspectors.
- Encourage all undertakers to increase advanced publicity to reduce public complaints and to liaise with ward members of their intentions to undertake work in their ward.
- Encourage utilities to collaborate and reduce their costs as well as disruption to the network.
- Seek to improve data analysis and recording in order to provide meaningful year on year comparisons.
- Encourage works promoters to submit correct permits at the first submission thus just avoiding variations being submitted.