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Yesterday it was a split weld, today it is a prow cable starting to part
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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The bridge is expected to be out of action for several hours
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According to the live feed the Bridge is in operation this morning. We'll update you if we hear any more news today
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The engineers won't be inspecting the floating bridge until Monday, so as a safety precaution it's been taken out of service over the weekend
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The Engineers' and Stakeholders' Group say Dave Stewart was stating the obvious when he said the floating bridge had an income. He just forgot to mention the huge losses
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In a recent meeting the Isle of Wight council leader told members that if they scrapped FB6 the Solent LEP would be able to ask for its money back, but a senior member of the SLEP had already said they would not
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The Isle of Wight councillor for East Cowes shares his response to last night's Corporate Scrutiny meeting where the failures of the floating bridge were discussed
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The precaution has been taken to suspend the service. A passenger launch service will be in operation from 9am
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Although legal mediation put a stop to many questions even being asked, the Cowes Floating Bridge was discussed at tonight's scrutiny committee meeting. Read our detailed report
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Responses rather than answers were provided to the ten questions from the Floating Bridge Engineers and Stakeholders Group. See within
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The Floating Bridge Engineers and Stakeholders Group have shared ten very probing questions of the Isle of Wight council in relation to the ongoing saga of Cowes Floating Bridge 6. Read them within
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The Chairman of the Isle of Wight council Corporate Scrutiny Committee has compiled 43 questions about FB6, which he hopes to have answered tomorrow. According to the officer's report, that might not happen
