Workers on the road to award glory

ROAD workers at the city council have won a top public service award for using computer technology to speed up repairs.

Staff in the gully repairs section of the road services department picked up an APSE (Association of Public Service Excellence) award in the Best Efficiency category after using the technology to speed up the response time to complaints from the public.

Jenny Dawe, leader of the City of Edinburgh Council, said: "I would like to congratulate all the staff involved for their hard work and enthusiasm. This was a forward-thinking and worthwhile project, putting customers first, which is at the core of our council."

Paul O'Brien, APSE's chief executive, added: "With over 300 submissions throughout the UK this award for best efficiency initiative is well deserved by Edinburgh City Council. All our award winners needed to demonstrate that they were doing their bit to improve local public services and I have great pleasure congratulating them on this prestigious and well deserved award."