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The companies that the council has chosen as its preferred bidder to carry out the 25-year contract on Island roads has been named.
Island Roads
Island Roads is a partnership established by the Isle of Wight Council, VINCI Concessions, Meridiam Investments and Ringway to provide the highway maintenance services on the Isle of Wight from 1 April 2013.
The contentious 25-year-contract runs until 2037.
Below are articles in which Island Roads are mentioned.
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The NHS have clarified ambulance cover for Yarmouth. All details they provided are in the article.
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The Island's first conversion of traffic lights to 'the new type' is due to complete this afternoon, after six weeks work.
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We've got an answer to the question that so many people ask - "How much are Island Roads being paid?" Make sure you're sitting down and don't have a mouth full of tea when you read this.
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It really doesn't seem unreasonable for Islanders to know how much public money has already been paid to Island Roads, but the council's obstructive actions give a different impression. Here are the details ... so far.
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Although it is already a central tenet of the PFI, Island Roads have announced they've agreed to work even more closely with Southern Water.
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At a meeting two months ago, Niton and Whitwell councillors understood they had the agreement of Island Roads on changing road signs that they feel are causing lost business. Now they're asking, "Where are they?"
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Why are the media being fed information from Island Roads that differs so wildly from what the residents are saying?
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The Island company that produced this full and detailed report came to different conclusions and recommendations to those provided by Ramboll and Island Roads. OnTheWight has the details.
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Have you noticed that Catseyes aren't being replaced after Island Roads resurface Isle of Wight roads? Doug Alldred had and got in touch with OnTheWight trying to find out why it's happening.
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The answers that we're getting from Island Roads and the council on this important road safety issue are about as opaque as the fog that the Catseyes are supposed to guide us through.
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This is the list the council gave us of their understanding of which Isle of Wight roads had Catseyes on them, before they handed the highways to Island Roads. Have you seen any elsewhere? Do you know if these are still there? Let us know.
