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A year-long study of the the Isle of Wight's transport infrastructure, including the train line, bus service, ferries, the Medina River link and more. OnTheWight has the details of the Task Force recommendations.
Ian Ward
Cllr Ian Ward was elected as Isle of Wight councillor for Sandown in 
May 2013.
He was elected as Chairman of the Isle of Wight council in 2013.
He served two terms in this position.
He became Executive member for Transport and infrastructure (including car parking) in January 2017.
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Tributes to the late Parish Councillor come from the former leader of the Isle of Wight council who says Gerry was "a relentless champion for the Lake community".
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The roadworks at St Mary's roundabout move into the next phase of work. Details and maps within
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Safety improvements for a stretch of road in Newport, that Cycle Wight had been campaigning for years about, have finally been realised thanks to 'pupil power' from young Islanders at a primary school in Newport.
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It may have been wet and grey yesterday, but by the evening thousands had turned out to line the streets of Ryde and encounter a spectacular sporting event.
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Cllr Ian Ward says "as lockdown measures are relaxed, it is no longer possible to continue providing free parking for all"
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The Task Group set up earlier this year aims to tackle a lack of investment, poor transport links and problems with year-round employment.
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The vote was incredibly close with Independent councillor, Julia Baker Smith, winning by just one vote.
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Karl Love says the Isle of Wight council will have to 'bear the brunt' for the continued delays to the return of Floating Bridge 6, which will have been out of service for over a quarter of the year
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Cllr Ian Ward let slip at last night's meeting who the new assistant CEO might be. The IWC say an announcement is imminent.
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A total of 34 schools took part and clocked up a combined total of 13,264 sustainable journeys to school over the challenge – a staggering total of 69 per cent of all journeys logged during the week.
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With the Isle of Wight Festival opening its gates on Thursday 21st June, the council are getting the Floating Bridge to run at the times the old service used to - 5am, then into the wee hours.
