The Floating Bridge Stakeholders Group say the bridge must meet the Statement of Requirements and it doesn't. They're calling for it to be rejected and a new one bought with a low interest loan.
Last week Cllr Ian Ward claimed that Isle of Wight council had received only eight complaints about the Floating Bridge shambles. Today 400 hand-signed complaints have been sent the Local Government Ombudsman.
A business owner in East Cowes warns of political and legal the Isle of Wight council could be facing over 'specification failures' of the floating bridge. Questions are expected to be raised at tonight's Scrutiny Committee meeting.
A list of what's wrong with the Floating Bridge, described as 'Multiple catastrophic bridge problems identified that cannot be rectified, or be fixed without penalty' was presented to East Cowes town council last night. OnTheWight has the details.