With 85% of utility locates coming late, contractor alliance wants Ontario to speed them up

VAUGHAN, Ont. — The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) is calling on the Ontario government to take action to speed up utility locate responses in the province and has released its own six-point plan in a press release today. “Contractors across the province are trying to catch-up with the backlog caused by Covid-19 and this heightened activity has resulted in an increase in demand for utility locates in many municipalities,” says RCCAO executive director Andy Manahan, in the release. “But this has been a chronic issue as contractors have complained for years that there are long delays...