Steve Davenport, Cabinet member for highways and transport, said: "We're ambitious in ensuring that our infrastructure is suitable for the future, and to match our ambitions we’re bringing in people who can instil national best practice into the way we work.
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"At the start of this year we appointed a consultant to review the council's entire highways service and provide advice on how to make crucial improvements based on his experience of running very successful highways operations elsewhere.
"He worked with the council while we recruited a permanent assistant director for infrastructure. We’re delighted to say that Steve Smith – who has been engaged in national highway working groups for many years – has now joined us in this role.
"We're now looking to complete our key appointments with a new Head of Highways in the coming months."
The consultant prepared an initial improvement plan that is now being implemented.
