BT has been fined more than £21,000 after the telecoms giant's workers dug in a street and left a gaping hole in the pavement. The firm were carrying out work last October that were deemed to break road safety rules because a hole and trench were left in the path.
Council officers visiting the site on October 5, 2022, found BT workers had left the area - and a open hole was still in the wrecked footpath. The firm was told to come back two hours later to make the area safe, but did not do so.
Workers also failed to close off the area being worked on with barriers, failed to fully fix the pavement that was dug up and did not cooperate with the Highways Authority. Anyone entering the site could have come to "considerable harm" as barriers were not in place, paving slabs had been damaged and laid unevenly and an open hole left exposed in the footway, the council said.
