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Hitting underground pipes and cables costs the UK £2.4bn a year. We need a data platform for that, says government

Doctor Syntax Silver badge

But there is no uniform process for "asset owners" – the gas, water, telecoms or electricity companies who dig up roads to lay pipes and cables – to share their data about where exactly they have put everything.

The antics of those customers suggests the main obstacle isn't the lack of a platform, it's their existing lack of data about exactly where they've put everything.

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