Response: Scottish Roadworks Commissioner

Greg Mesch, CEO at CityFibre, said: “As a builder of the UK's next generation of digital infrastructure, we pride ourselves on maintaining one of the lowest failure rates in the industry. It is for this reason that we were so disappointed in the reinstatement issues resulting from the speed of our full fibre rollout in Edinburgh. “We have been working closely with the Scottish Roadworks Commissioner, City of Edinburgh Council and our contractors to deliver significant improvement while construction progresses on Edinburgh’s world-class Gigabit City network. Our plans are already seeing strong results with a 91% pass rate recorded for Category A inspections in the first quarter of this year. “In addition to this improvement we have also committed to investing a further £35,000 in additional health and safety training for all our project staff and contractors across our 40-plus city footprint. We aim always to deliver the swift, safe and thorough construction work our customers expect. “We are very proud of what we’ve achieved in Edinburgh in just 12 months – the delivery of over 150Km of full fibre infrastructure to hundreds of schools, libraries, council offices and businesses, completely transforming the digital capabilities of the city. We will learn, we will improve and we will continue to deliver the infrastructure this country so desperately needs".