Keeping the peace in over crowded utility corridors

With the breakneck pace at which high-speed telecommunications networks are being deployed to serve business and residential customers and the ongoing upgrading of utilities to meet the needs of growing communities, management of the public right-of-way is fast approaching a crisis point.

The central issue is the ability of an increasing number of entities to coexist in rights-of-way that are crowded and becoming even more so. Telco's are squeezing themselves into municipal corridors, disturbing streets and traffic as they weave their way into underground areas that in many cases are poorly mapped, if mapped at all.

One requirement that most municipalities are starting to impose in securing permits is providing accurate as-built drawings with GPS coordinates. This information can be entered into their GIS Mapping systems allowing better administration of the ever shrinking rights-of-ways. J. C. Ellis, Inc. offers GPS data collection at a reasonable cost. The GPS data can be added to the record prints, thus satisfying the requirements imposed by municipalities.