More potholes to be tackled by Multihog machines in September

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 [September 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 September the Multihogs and their crews are set to treat the following roads:

Crew 1 (Central Shropshire)

15 August to 2 September – Oteley Road, Shrewsbury
5 to 9 September – Hall Bank, Pontesbury
12 to 13 September – TBC
14 to 15 September – TBC
16 to 18 September – Little Oxon Lane, Shrewsbury
19 to 22 September – Westbury village
23 to 26 September – Copthorne Road, Shrewsbury
27 to 29 September – The Mount, Shrewsbury
30 September to 4 October – Priest Weston

Crew 2 (South Shropshire)

31 August to 2 September – Middle Wood Road, Ludlow/Whitcliffe
3 to 10 September – From A49 level crossing to Bromfield Sand and Gravel
5 to 9 September – A454 Shipley
12 to 16 September – A489 from A49 to B4370 junction
19 to 21 September – C5150 Bridges to county boundary (1)
21 to 28 September – C5150 Bridges to county boundary (2)
29 to 30 September – Worfield to Cats Tree crossroads

Crew 3 (North Shropshire)

30 August to 1 September – Selattyn to Ivy House
2 September – Welsh Walls, Oswestry
5 to 13 September – B4397 Burlton to Loppington
10 September – Millenheath
12 to 16 September – Station Road, Weston Rhyn
19 to 20 September – Old Quarry Entrance North (TBC)
21 to 27 September – A49 Prees Green to the junction with Weston under road
28 September – B5069 Gobowen Road

For more information about each scheme, see and search the interactive map on the one.network website.

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 Multihogs are 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 37,000 potholes have been repaired across the Shropshire Council area.

As well as the Multihogs, other methods used to tackle potholes include the two Roadmasters that treat potholes 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.