Shropshire firm chosen to build Mytton Oak Remembrance Park

The contract for the Mytton Oak Remembrance Park was put out to tender in January 2013.

Pave Aways, who are based at Knockin, near Oswestry, have been selected following an evaluation of the bids submitted.

Shropshire Council says further discussions will now take place between the council and Pave Aways before the contract is signed.

Construction work will then begin in late spring 2013 once work has been carried out to protect great crested newts at the site.

Dr Larry Wolfe, Shropshire Council’s head of bereavement services, said:

“I’m delighted to announce Pave Aways as our preferred contractor and pleased that a Shropshire firm is set to carry out work on this important project. We received a number of excellent bids but, in our evaluation of these, Pave Aways emerged as the clear winner.

“We now look forward to finalising the details of the contract with them and to work starting on site in the next few weeks.”

Steven Owen, Managing Director of Pave Aways Limited, said:

“The new Remembrance Park will be an integral part of the Shrewsbury community throughout this century and into the next. Pave Aways are honoured to be chosen as the preferred contractor and look forward to working alongside Shropshire Council to create a Park that will provide solace and reflection.

“As a local contractor over 50 per cent of our sub-contract works are placed with Shropshire companies and this project will enable this to continue.”

Mytton Oak Remembrance Park will enable Shropshire Council and its bereavement services contractor, The Co-operative, to continue to provide burial services to the people of Shropshire for the next 100 years, once Emstrey cemetery in Shrewsbury closes to new burials in around two years’ time.

Planning permission for the site was granted in February 2013.

It is estimated that developing the new site will cost £1.1million, and this sum is included within the council’s capital programme.