Multihogs set to tackle more potholes across Shropshire in July
A Multihog treating a road near Ludlow
Shropshire Council’s three Multihog road planer machines will be tackling more potholes and other defects on roads across Shropshire next month [July 2022].
The Multevo Multihog planes off the road surface to enable a squared-off hole to be filled by a following gang. It’s quicker than having to saw-cut and break-out the defective road by hand – tackling potholes and other defects more quickly and effectively
In June the Multihogs and their crews are set to treat the following roads:
Crew 1 (North Shropshire)
4 to 8 July – A528 Cockshutt to Harmer Hill
11 to 12 July – A51 Nantwich Road ,Woore
13 to 16 July – Wolfhead island to the Avenue
18 to 21 July – Queens Head to the Go Kart, Rednal
22 July – Trefonen Villiage Hall entrance
26 to 29 July – A495 Whittington to Ellesmere
Crew 2 (Central Shropshire)
4 to 11 July – Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury
12 to 15 July – Frankwell Island, Shrewsbury
18 to 19 July – Belvidere Avenue, Shrewsbury
TBC – Shifnal Roundabout
Crew 3 (South Shropshire)
1 to 2 July – B4368 Watling Street junction to Tea Rooms phase 5
4 to 8 July – Waterloo Road, Clun
11 to 15 July – B4376 Much Wenlock
18 to 20 July – A442 Sutton Maddock
21 to 28 July – B4214 Tenbury Rd
29 July to 2 August – B4378 Shipton to Brockton
Using the Multihog the council can reduce the likelihood of potholes forming in the short-to-medium term and cut down on the need for road closures.
Councillor Dean Carroll on a visit to watch the Multihog in action
Dean Carroll, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member with responsibility for highways, said:
“The Multihog is a hugely important part of our work to tackle potholes and improve the county’s roads.
“It’s a really important part of our strategy to deliver meaningful repairs to roads across Shropshire, and make them safer for all road users.”
Since April 2021, more than 32,000 potholes have been repaired across the Shropshire Council area.
Methods used include the new Multihog road planer, two Roadmaster vehicles which are used to carry out jet-patching on rural roads, ‘find and fix’ repairs, and more traditional repairs by gangs.
Meanwhile, the council’s annual resurfacing and surface dressing programmes help to improve the county’s roads and prevent potholes forming in the first place.
Further information
Since the Multihog was officially adopted in late March 2021, the volume of the road network repaired has risen to around 150m² per gang each day, with three teams deployed across the county. This means an average of 9,000m² of road can be treated each month.
Want to know more?
Here’s a short video showing a Multihog in action.
Other planned work
For information about other planned highways maintenance work being carried out in July, click here.
