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Cllr Jordan said it was important the Island knew what the cuts to the PFI contract actually meant, which he seemed to think was not the case
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Isle of Wight council say savings have been achieved by reducing operational service standards, including the frequency and response times of horticultural services, street cleaning and removing obsolete highway assets no longer required
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Cllr Jordan says regardless of costs and savings, the policy of using Jasmine Consulting again in relation to the highways PFI contract was deeply ironic
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Milestone 14 is the final milestone in the Core Investment Period of the Highways PFI contract and is 15 months late
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Cllr Phil Jordan is getting straight down to business in his new Cabinet role, focusing first on the Highways PFI and Floating Bridge fiasco
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Cllr Love encourages residents to respond to the Road Traffic Orders with positive ideas and suggestions
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The annual staff costs for CCTV Control Room staff is less than amount paid to PFI consultant for eight month's work.
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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!
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Cllr Lumley says the £200k 'saving' which could result in roads falling apart from day one after the PFI contract expires is short-sighted and "badly letting down the Island who were promised so much by Eddie Giles and his pals”.
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A 4.99% rise in council tax, cuts to Personal Budgets for those with learning disabilities, youth provision budget slashed in half and reduced opening hours at the recycling centres are just some of the proposals in the Conservative-Alliance budget being debated later this month. Here's the detail.
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Cllr Ian Stephens has stepped down from the Isle of Wight council executive. His replacement returns to the Executive after resigning back in 2015.
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As you can see, this section of road is bad - really bad (we've driven over it). Despite it being reported, Island Roads have scheduled it in for resurfacing in 2019! Have you got example of sections of road that you think are worse?
