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The council's Cowes Floating bridge consultation is coming under further criticism - this time it's important issues that are said to have been ignored.
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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Those against the proposal say introducing foot passenger fares will backfire and not only cost the council more, but have a detrimental impact on businesses in Cowes and East Cowes.
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Islanders of all ages declared their opposition to the proposed foot passenger fares in the Cowes Floating Bridge tonight. See this great set of pics and time-lapse video of it taking place.
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Before the Floating bridge service was suspended due to very high tides (it's back on now), Bella from Girls for Sail videoed the cars gingerly exiting in to the high water in Cowes.
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By failing to look at the whole picture, council officers are in danger of making changes that will lose a lot of the money they're actually making now say campaigners. They've got the figures to prove it too they say.
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Islanders are urged to join others on the march on Saturday from Cowes to East Cowes in protest of the proposal to introduce foot passenger fares on the Floating Bridge.
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The Scrutiny Committee's Task and Finish Group have been looking into proposals to change charging on Cowes floating bridge. Next week they'll present their recommendations, which include some surprising jumps in charges.
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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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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.
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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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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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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.
