 Re: Supreme court action to stop line clearance
Of course the customer will end up paying for it. Otherwise everyone pays for it through government subsidy.
There are problems on multiple levels that lead to this situation. Start with minimal intrusion on private property for ROWs. From a real estate value perspective ROWs are considered detrimental. The utilities are then located on the same ROW that the city has for planting street trees. There is no communication between them and those that actually do the job are paid to complete the work within an alotted time. No thought given to the problem.
Most public utitilities and governments have to take the lowest bidder as it is written into their mandates. If they don't it will leave them vulnerable politically. When the public hears that the lowest cost wasn't taken then it gets up in arms.
All the way down through the process the cry of, "Not my job" can be heard.... |