ACTION REQUIRED REGARDING UTILITY STAKING!

Against MITA’s urgings, the MISS Dig System implemented changes to the size of a polygon (scope) allowed per ticket. This simple act has only increased the number of tickets in a currently overburdened system and served to amplify further the shortcomings of the...

MISS DIG seminar – 3/15/23

MISS DIG team members have volunteered to come to the MITA office to present a class for MITA members. The class is free and open to all MITA members. It will be an interactive, in-person class where attendees will be taken step by step through the process of entering...

Utility Locating Contacts

It is no secret how MITA members feel about the new Pelican System that MISS DIG 811 implemented over the winter. Patience and training will pay dividends concerning the new system. As we approach the beginning of the dig season, the following list of contacts should...

Spike in Damages!

40%, that’s the increase of damages to utilities in the last three weeks! MITA and its sister organization MISS DIG worked together on the attached document to help mitigate this problem. There are numerous reasons to dig safely the first being the threat to...

Miss Dig Update

MITA has been involved in a weekly stakeholder meeting regarding the Miss Dig process as it relates to locates. This truly is the calm before the storm and it is anticipated that locate requests could approach the 200k mark for the month of May alone. This is far...