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Island Roads are due to present their progress report for the roads PFI - which you can follow during the discussions of the Isle of Wight council scrutiny committee live from OnTheWight.
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Questions raised on Atkins' costs has led to Executive Member revealing a glimpse at PFI creation, which he labels "a shattering display of incompetence" that "failed residents of this Island."
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Twelve new lay assessors have been appointed to give independent feedback on work carried out by Island Roads.
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It's good to hear that shoddy work carried out on behalf of Island Roads is being corrected at no extra cost to the Island, but the inconvenience of closed roads and pavements has not been welcomed by residents.
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The council have already said they will be asking Atkins, a respected design, engineering and project management consultancy, to review the PFI contract.
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Cllr Phil Jordan was recently put in charge of overseeing the Island Roads' PFI contract. He's now got an understanding of the failures of the original contract the last Conservative administration locked Island tax-payers into for 25 years. The shortcomings are shocking and deeply worrying.
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The Isle of Wight Council has appointed an organisation to assist with the management of the Highways PFI contract on a short term basis until key vacancies are filled within the team that oversees the Island Roads contract.
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If you were concerned about the number of potholes across the Island, you'll be pleased to hear the PFI contractor, Island Roads, will be having a blitz on them.
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Not expected to leave until the end of the year, the early departure was apparently 'by mutual agreement'.
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New PFI contracts on the Isle of Wight and in Hounslow have pushed the revenue up for Island Roads' parent company.
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One of the last remain architects of the IWC highways PFI is to leave the council, just short of a year since it officially started.
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The joint venture between Eurovia and Aggregate Industries was officially launched this week.
