Third party damage to the utility infrastructure, due to lack of knowledge of the location of different utility companies cables and pipes, is widespread and very costly to the nation. Civil Defence also needs to know the location of infrastructure information so they can efficiently respond to natural disasters and other dangerous incidents.
NZUAG supports the integration of local authority and utility asset information held within their respective Geospatial Information Systems. This could be made available via a local or national portal. The Code of Practice for Working in the Road and the Road Opening Notice procedures could also be integrated into this process.
