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The council say that £3m would need to be found to keep the floating bridge running as it nears the end of its life, so proposals are up for consideration to introduce a 50p each way foot passenger charge.
Cowes Floating bridge: All you need to know
The Floating Bridge links Cowes and East Cowes, running regularly through the day and much of the evening. It’s sometimes called the Chain Ferry because it pulls itself both sides of the river on a chain.
Below are articles charting the history of the Cowes Floating Bridge.
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If the budget proposal is approved at the end of the month, foot passengers will soon have to pay to use the Cowes Floating Bridge.
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Cllr Jordan said, "When the Alliance took over the running of the Isle of Wight Council in May last year, we promised to sort out the floating bridge. We are now finally in a position to deliver on that promise.”
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Members of the Scrutiny Committee ask 'Who runs the council?' after being told they can only view floating bridge documents sat in front of a laptop at County Hall (with an estimated reading time of 30 hours).
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After being out of service for 13 weeks with major repairs taking place, the Cowes Floating Bridge is out of service again.
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Each car passenger might be charged to use floating bridge say campaigners, with one parent and two children walking to Holy Cross having to pay £760 a year
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As the floating bridge won't be back in service by Sunday a new last-minute route has been arranged.
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Another previously-profitable business in East Cowes is citing the unreliability of the Cowes Floating Bridge over the last year as the reason for having to close his doors on Saturday.
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Cllr Andre asks whether the Conservative administration have "simply just lost the plot, have no plan and are just showing that they are incapable of any joined-up thinking?"
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Police are treating the body discovered in East Cowes as unexplained. Further updates from the police are expected later. Our thoughts are with family and friends.
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The idea of the body-worn cameras is to deter verbal abuse by members of the public
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A passenger launch is in operation, but vehicles need to divert via Newport.
