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Lynnbottom tip reopens

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Lynnbottom Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC), near Newport has re-opened today (Monday 15 August 2016), following a temporary closure due to necessary groundworks, as part of the ongoing facelift that will be completed later this summer. The much needed upgrade will improve the services it offers to residents and will provide a new pay as you throw recycling area for businesses, which will all begin once the construction is completed.

Lynnbottom HWRC will now be open as usual between 7am and 8pm each day of the summer (BST), while Afton Marsh HWRC returns to its normal opening hours of 7am to 8pm on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. The temporary Smallbrook Stadium Recycling Centre at Ryde is no longer in use from today.

Enthusiastic recycling
Executive member for environment, sustainability and local engagement, Councillor Paul Fuller, said:

“I would like to thank the residents and businesses for their patience whilst this much needed improvement to Lynnbottom has been taking place. These changes will see a better customer experience at the site.

“I am grateful to residents for their enthusiastic use of the temporary recycling facility at Smallbrook Stadium as it just shows how much the residents have taken on board the recycling message.”

Enhanced facility
Paul Southall, Amey’s director for the Isle of Wight, said:

“This has been a large project which continues to run to the timetable. The temporary closure was necessary to complete required groundworks but I am sure users will soon see they are getting an enhanced facility and the site was closed as a temporary measure.

“I thank the public for their understanding while these works were carried out and for their patience. We have had a lot of compliments from users who have used Afton Marsh Recycling Centre or the Smallbrook Stadium temporary recycling facility which is very pleasing.

“I again want to thank the management at Smallbrook for their assistance over the last two weeks who have been fantastic in supporting us and helping us provide this facility to residents while Lynnbottom was closed.”

Further works continue
The Lynnbottom facility had been closed for two weeks to enable ground-works to be completed including laying new concrete bases and tarmacking sections of the facility.

Further works will continue to take place at Lynnbottom for the next few weeks, with no disruption to users of the site.

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diogenes' barrel
26, June 2013 4:49 pm

Isn’t this part of the excellent PFI contract which Island Roads won?

Sally Perry
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Reply to  diogenes' barrel
26, June 2013 5:39 pm

I don’t think the PFI contract extends to the sea wall. Think it is roads only.

steve s
Reply to  Sally Perry
26, June 2013 5:49 pm

A bit more than roads only, Sal.

“From April 2013 Island Roads will begin upgrading, enhancing and maintaining the Isle of Wight’s 804 kms of rural and urban roads, 756 kms of footways, 29 kms of cycleways, over 12,000 street lights, 239 bridges, 612 structures, public car parks, signage, CCTV and street furniture.”

… but, sadly, not sea walls.

woodworker
Reply to  steve s
26, June 2013 6:30 pm

From April 2013? So they HAVE started then?

Mr Einsteins Ghost
26, June 2013 4:57 pm

Assuming it is (I don’t know) what is your point?

Diogenes' barrel
26, June 2013 6:44 pm

When was this walkway removed from the contract and by whom?

Sounds just like the Cowes floating bridge which suddenly stopped being a road to suit the contract.

Mr Einsteins Ghost
Reply to  Diogenes' barrel
26, June 2013 7:44 pm

From the above, it seems it was never part of the contract in the first place. I realise the PFI is a highly contentious issue, but trying to somehow blame them for something that’s nothing to do with them seems rather pointless surely?

Dee
27, June 2013 8:41 am

This is so sad. I do hope something can be sorted soon. I really miss that walk, as do a lot of other people. I would be happy to fund-raise if this were an issue.

76offset
29, June 2013 9:52 am

Creative thinking, or Common sense ? People are now unable to use the coastal path between Colwell and Totland because of the large landslip at the headland effectively dislodging the seawall. With the prospect of it’s use being denied to the public for some years to come and only then by means of a £multi–millions scheme why not consider the provision of a wooden walkway, in the… Read more »