National database of buried infrastructure needed – Richard C. De Castro
He made the suggestion on the show aired on October 11, 2014 on JTV Live after caller called in to the show to complain that utility companies dig up the road and do not repair it properly when they are finished and according to him it seemed that they are not coming back to repair the road.
“Yesterday (October 10, 2014) I see them digging up the road from Chalwell to Sea Cow’s Bay. Somebody at the Ministry of Communications and Works needs to clamp down on utility companies and prevent them from doing these things to our roads,” the caller said.
De Castro said that he knows of the works. “But for some reason it has not been advertised what is being done. We haven’t heard any public relations message from the company and that is not good. Usually when you have a project like that, you must explain to the motoring public what you are doing, how inconvenient it will have people for a while. This is good public relations and we haven’t heard anything like that from the company,” he said.
The caller said that he welcomes any advancement that will come from the public infrastructure upgrades but he believes that the company would do well to convey to the public clear advisories so that people are informed.
“You have contractors working in one area and jumping to a next area before the first area is completed. Something needs to be done because we are suffering,” the caller said.
De Castro said, “We should have a national database where that information is stored. Other persons other than the companies should be able to have access to that information so that they could plan around where those services are located. Probable Fire, probably Public Works, probably Town and Country Planning and a couple of other people that I can’t think of right away should have access to the data. Because when you want to dig up the road again there should be some place where we could go and find that information to know what depth those pipes were buried and where they are.”
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8 Responses to “National database of buried infrastructure needed – Richard C. De Castro”
We heard that PWD is bringing in a bunch of asphalt equipment from china and we all know the chinese connections with the q....y b....rs.
Road repairing and asphalt surfacing are very expensive undertaking only to have these utility companies digging a perfectly smoothe road.
Cable and wireless has a good system on major roadway (permanent tunnels with manhole at specific distances.
Secondly, the BVI needs a road cut policy that requires a permit to cut a road. Permits should be issued only for emergency or unforeseen requirements. PWD should coordinate all major road repairs with water, sewage, electricity, and telecommunication utilities. It should be the general policy to limit cuts on new roads to emergencies. If road work is planned and coordinated, this policy is workable. Further, road cut repair should include a more than the excavated area; it should include the area of influence.