Buried utilities are damaged nearly 200,000 times each year across America Washington, D.C. (May 14, 2025) – National experts held a press conference Wednesday in the Hart Senate Office Building, highlighting solutions to the $30 billion in annual damage to critical buried infrastructure across America. Leaders from...
Missouri Senate adopts CGA Best Practices the following day to prevent damage, injuries and fatalities Lexington, MO (May 6, 2025) – Today, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its initial report on the April 9 gas line explosion that claimed the life of 5-year-old Alistair Lamb and...
Agency report proposes nationwide adoption of CGA Best Practices to prevent damage, injuries and fatalities Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2025) – Yesterday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its final report on the 2023 explosion at the Palmer Chocolate factory. The incident claimed seven lives...
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 25, 2025) – Today, Sarah Magruder Lyle, President and CEO of the Common Ground Alliance and Executive Director of the Damage Prevention Action Center (DPAC), submitted a written statement to the U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines,...
Washington, D.C. (Jan. 29, 2025) — Damage Prevention Action Center (DPAC) Executive Director Sarah Magruder Lyle issued the following statement on the confirmation of Sean Duffy as Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT): “DPAC congratulates Sean Duffy on his confirmation as the next U.S. Secretary...