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Residents, still homeless after five months, are desperate for either the council or Island Roads to actually become accountable, the MP heard yesterday.
Undercliff Drive
The Undercliff links Bonchurch with Niton on the South coast of the Isle of Wight. The five mile stretch travels through Ventnor and St Lawrence and has several points along it that are subject to land movement.
Below are a selection of articles we’ve published about Undercliff Drive.
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Any solution to reopen road between Ventnor and Niton ‘has now been discounted’ says council officer
The idea of Niton and Ventnor becoming 'dead ends' will be a worrying prospect for businesses and communities.
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Residents are keen for a speedy solution to their current situation, but told OnTheWight they felt the meeting was a 'waste of time' and 'not worthwhile being there'.
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Stewart Blackmore, suggests that Isle of Wight council officers would rather the issue of Undercliff Drive was 'kicked into the long grass', but calls on the Executive to act now and help residents.
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Surely the Isle of Wight council know how many houses have been declared so unsafe they can't be inhabited. Why are they saying it's only one?
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If proven correct, a detailed dossier of events leading up to the Undercliff Drive landslip raises questions about assertions that last winter’s weather was the sole cause of the problems.
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Executive members be asked to consider the six options being put forward to tackle the nine properties landlocked by the landslip.
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As if having to move out of your home unexpectedly wasn’t bad enough, many Undercliff residents had no access their homes after Island Roads put up a new locked gate, with no notice, last week.
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The three Undercliff 'failure reports' in relation to Undercliff Drive expected to be made public last week have now been released.
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Reports on the collapse of Undercliff Drive produced by Island Roads were returned for alterations after officers found the contents 'confusing'.
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Some residents who have been affected by the landslip at Undercliff Drive say they've not been given any detail or timetables as to what is happening - leaving them stranded, out of their homes. OnTheWight sought to find answers for them.
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It's not just the residents that are confused as to why large solid hoardings have been erected, instead of the see-through fencing used everywhere else on site.
