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Jay Jayasundara

JJ (as he was often referred to during his time at Isle of Wight council) headed the team that designed the council’s 25 year long Roads PFI, in his role as PFI Programme Director.

He oversaw the whole process including the selection of the contract bidders.

He left Isle of Wight council a few months after the PFI contract was signed with Vinci, only days before the PFI was to start, on 1st April 2013.

21, May 2012·1 min read

Highways PFI Preferred Bidder Call-in May Be Disallowed

The chair of the Scrutiny Committee will need to decide whether she will dis-allow a call-in on the preferred bidder Delegated Decision, as requested by the head of the project Jay Jayasundara.

17, April 2019·2 min read

Highways PFI savings could result in job losses, but not will not affect road resurfacing

The savings on the PFI contract could result in possible job losses but Island Roads say it's looking at redeployment and other avenues to keep any compulsory redundancies to a minimum.

3, June 2011·1 min read

Highways PFI: Council To Hold Public Meetings

Three public meetings will provide members of the public a chance to ask questions of the highways PFI team

25, March 2011·5 min read

Highways PFI: Is Edward Giles Confused About PFI Value?

Is there confusion from the Cabinet member responsible over where the £1bn of value will be? We think so. He claims it'll be to the Island economy, PFI project manager says that's the amount being invested in the scheme.

14, March 2019·1 min read

How much has Jay Jayasundara ‘saved’ from PFI contract you asked – Here’s what we found out

He’s been paid an extra £95,000 for six months’ work to find areas to cut from the Highways PFI contract (he originally received a £180k+/year package to design), but just how much will he be saving the council, OnTheWight asked.

24, October 2019·2 min read

Isle of Wight council fails to detail impact of PFI cuts despite repeated requests

Isle of Wight council has cut £608,000 from the PFI contract so far, but have failed to provide exact details of what is being cut from where and what the impact will be

11, July 2018·2 min read

Isle of Wight Council slammed for return of controversial PFI architect

Chairman of the IWC, Cllr Lora Peacey-Wilcox said, “The majority of the issues we have are, and have been experienced and caused by that person. I think the public need to know that.”

4, July 2018·2 min read

Isle of Wight council to offer Roads PFI architect a third bite at the cherry

Having been paid by the Isle of Wight council to work out if there were any savings to be made on the Highways PFI contract (the one he originally architected), JJ could now be paid more money to make those savings. Nice!

7, December 2012·2 min read

Jay Jayasundara: PFI head to leave with two others (Updated)

Surprisingly the man who structured the Island's road PFI is leaving in March - just before it actually starts on 1st April 2013.

23, April 2019·2 min read

Labour slam Isle of Wight council over PFI ‘savings’

The spokesperson for Island Labour says "Tories are calling cuts 'savings', as if that somehow reduces their impact".

20, August 2012·9 min read

Letter to the Editor: Highways PFI: Don’t say I didn’t warn you

There's not a person on the Island who doesn't want our roads to be rescued from years of council under-investment - but is committing Islanders to a 25-year contract the only way to fix them? Here's a list of unanswered questions - worrying, as Conservative councillors aim to vote it through Wednesday night.

28, September 2012·2 min read

Letter to the Editor: PFI contract signing

Mike Starke fills in some gaps to the highways PFI contract funder, Meridiam.

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