Performance and Results

The Streets Service have recently developed a bespoke tool for monitoring and evaluating (M&E) collaborative streetworks projects. This work has been supported by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) through the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund.

The M&E tool allows users to consistently and easily quantify the benefits of each collaborative streetwork once delivered. The methodology underpinning the tool is in line with Government guidance and employs a top-down perspective. Whilst M&E has historically focused on days of disruption saved by collaborative working, the tool allows the team to take a more nuanced look at projects through the lens of a range of benefits.

The tool has been designed for use by a range of stakeholders:

• Local Authorities where collaborative streetworks are taking place

• Utility companies who take part in collaborative streetworks

• Regulators who oversee the utility sectors involved in collaborative streetworks

The results gathered so far indicate widespread benefits through :

• Days of disruption saved through collaboration;

• Cost savings for promoters;

• Improved resident wellbeing;

• Hours of journey time saved;

• Business losses avoided;

• and Carbon emissions avoided.

The Streets Service uses this tool to quantify the benefits generated through each collaboration project in order to analyse trends and develop best practice. To date, results are helping to make the case for increased collaborative working and engaging more stakeholders.

Additionally the team are documenting examples of collaborative streetworks, producing case studies and deep-dives where relevant learnings can contribute towards the expansion and deepening of the Dig-Once Approach.



For access to the M&E tool and for full results from our collaborative streetworks projects, visit our resources and toolkits page to see relevant case studies and the portfolio.