National award for work to revolutionise road maintenance in Shropshire
Shropshire Council and its contractor Multevo have won a national award for revolutionising road maintenance in Shropshire.
The two organisations won the Highways Award for Team of the Year 2024, beating off competition from National Highways, WSP and The Metropolitan Police – plus Westminster Council who were nominated for their work around the King’s Coronation.
The Shropshire award nomination said that:
“Multevo’s dedicated client support function team has revolutionised road maintenance in Shropshire, demonstrating exceptional innovation and collaboration. By introducing hybrid work methodologies and assuming comprehensive responsibilities, our team has significantly reduced costs, improved public satisfaction, and set new industry standards.
“The success of our client support function team exemplifies the potential of SME contractors to deliver Tier 1 services, fostering local economic growth and improving infrastructure. This award would recognise the remarkable achievements of a team that has truly transformed highway maintenance in Shropshire and beyond.”
Dan Morris, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for highways, said:
“With 3,206 miles of roads in the Shropshire Council area – long enough to stretch from London to New York – well-maintained highways are critical to so many aspects of life.
“We work hard with our partners and contractors to maintain the county’s road in the most effective and efficient way and I’m delighted that the success of our innovative work with Multevo has been recognised nationally for transforming highways maintenance in the county.”
Josh Sweeney, director of marketing and growth with Multevo, said:
“This is a great achievement of our collective team effort. Shropshire have been bold in working collaboratively to innovate and to gain national industry recognition in an award of this kind is testament to everyone’s hard work. We really are thrilled and extremely proud.”
The award winners were announced in London on Monday, 24 September 2024.
Further information
The Highways Awards website says: For a generation, these awards have been the most prestigious night in the highway industry’s calendar, celebrating the great and good, the individuals, teams, products and projects that have kept us moving forward.
