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Contractors and excavators urge stronger 811 compliance and GIS mapping to reduce excavation damage
Summary
Contractors and industry groups told the subcommittee that incomplete locates, exemptions from 811 one-call systems, and reliance on static maps contribute to utility-damage risk; they urged state practices, GIS mapping adoption and fewer exemptions to reduce strikes of underground facilities.
At the hearing, construction and excavation stakeholders emphasized that accurate locating and timely marking of underground facilities are essential to pipeline safety and to preventing excavation-related damage.
Emmanuel Perez, vice president of Alex E. Perez Contracting Company and representing distribution and utility contractors, told the subcommittee that excavators face roughly "a 50/50 odds of being able to legally start work on time" because locate requests are not…
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