Utility firms facing fines would rather 'do and be damned'

UTILITY companies would rather "do and be damned" and accept council fines for roadworks, Derbyshire's highways chief has said.

- By EDDIE BISKNELL Local democracy reporter

Chris Henning, executive director of place which includes highways at Derbyshire County Council made the comments during a scrutiny meeting on road issues.

Cllr Carol Hart, right, said the council needed to ensure utility companies carried out "full-width" pavement and road repairs instead of patches of replacement tarmac.

She said that in her division, the county council relaid a pavement, and two weeks later it was excavated by a utility company, which then replaced a strip of material.