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This resident from East Cowes has been using the floating bridge in Cowes for over 30 years, but since the introduction of foot passenger charges and new loading rules, he's falling out of love with the service.
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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Police confirm they have launched an investigation into the incident on the floating bridge on Friday evening that resulted in one of the staff receiving serious injuries.
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A car has just raced onto the floating bridge, smashing into the far gates. Emergency services are on the scene.
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The charges were supposed to come into force this week, but have been postponed due to delays in the supply of new equipment.
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Scoot Ferry's new foot passenger service between East Cowes and the heart of Cowes appears considerably more convenient than the Floating bridge. Could impact takings.
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Following a decision of the Full Council in February this year, the Isle of Wight Council will reintroduce the passenger charges for the use of the Cowes floating on Monday 20 July 2015.
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If you use the floating bridge in Cowes, don't forget it's out of service for the annual maintenance inspection. A passenger launch is in use.
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Expect the whole process of getting on and off the Cowes floating bridge to take longer after a single complaint was made to the MCA.
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Despite the Labour amendment to scrap the proposal to charge pedestrians on the Cowes floating bridge, members (including councillors for East Cowes and Osborne & Whippingham) voted through the new charging proposal at last night's full council meeting.
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A fellow town councillor says that if the East Cowes and Whippingham & Osborne councillors vote in favour of the IWC budget as a whole - which includes introducing pedestrian charges on the floating bridge - they will lose the support of their constituents.
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Sarah Dover plans to ask councillors at Wednesday's budget meeting to remove plans to introduce foot passengers charges on the Floating Bridge from the proposed budget.
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Labour councillors suggest the council should break the three-year agreement and remove the £330,000 subsidy from the organisation in charge of promoting tourism this year in order to save community services.
