Virginia 811 Confronts CGA Data

In advance of National 8/11 Day on Monday we’re sharing an embargoed press release and report that challenge a central claim shaping national policy and industry practices. Authored by Virginia 811 and published by the Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure (Aii), the report confronts the Common Ground Alliance’s latest DIRT report and its widely repeated narrative that excavation readiness is essentially a “coin toss.” The new analysis offers data-driven evidence that this framing is both misleading and potentially damaging to the very systems it seeks to improve — with implications for broadband rollout, public safety, labor efficiency, and project delays across the country. This piece, titled “Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing,” is grounded in Virginia-specific data and offers a compelling counterpoint: that readiness is far more robust and nuanced, and that national metrics lack contextual clarity. 

Read the press release here .