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The council's Service Director for Highways and Community Protection sets out the detail in relation to the re-closure of Leeson Road for monitoring over the next 4-6 weeks
On the evening of 10th December 2023 residents in the Leeson Road area were evacuated from their homes after a landslide began to take place.
The catastrophic event is considered to be one of the largest landslides recorded on the South Coast of England.
It followed heavy rainfall in the summer and autumn and forced the closure of the main road between Ventnor and Shanklin (Leeson Road).
Below are articles relating to the Bonchurch landslide.