Steve Walker wrote:
They should be ducting them ALONGSIDE the road instead of under it.
However I presume that that'd mean extra cost in paying farmers for the
right to do so. Long term that might well work out a lot cheaper than
keep repairing the roads ... especially if you took into account wasted
time for people using the roads.

The thing with that is that they'd need to negotiate with each
landowner separately - and if one doesn't want to co-operate there's
not much they can do. Meanwhile they have a legal right to put services
in the highway and don't have to negotiate with anyone.

Mike