Severn Trent Water ‘understands frustration’ after two sets of roadworks appear 100m apart
Severn Trent Water has apologised after unauthorised roadworks were set up 100m from another set of temporary traffic lights in Staffordshire. The utility firm failed to secure a permit before starting work to fix a damaged manhole in Werrington Road near to the junction with Winston Place, in Bucknall but its teams were then called […]
Severn Trent Water fined £56,000 for misuse of road closure powers in Shropshire
Severn Trent Water has been ordered to pay more than £56,000 for unnecessary disruption to the public on Shropshire Council’s highways network. It’s due to misuse of the statutory powers that enable utilities companies to close a road for work classified as “emergency/urgent work” without prior planning or notification. At Telford Magistrates Court on Monday […]