He said the Lib Dem-run authority was looking to start pilot schemes in the next few months to “figure out how it works”.
“There’s a big spectrum of how you can do it, you can invest some of your own money in looking after existing land without a contract, but if you want to, you can look at that full-scale devolution, and we’re looking at doing that on a bigger scale next year,” he said.
“We’re looking at making sure it reforms how the way the whole of our highways contract works.”
Wagner said savings could be “in the millions” if there was a large take-up of the work.
“In Shrewsbury we could be looking at whole scale delegation, having it all done in-house, taking money off contractors… giving it to the town council, the town may be investing some of their own money improving that service,” he said
“In Oswestry, we’re just looking at those green spaces, footpaths, some of those core tasks to improve the town.
“In Shifnal and Broseley, we’re just looking at enhancing our offer and working in partnership,” he said.