For the third day this week the Cowes Floating Bridge is out of service.
It is envisioned that the Bridge will be out of service for a few hours “to enable repairs to the prow hydraulic ram”.
There is no news from the Isle of Wight council about a passenger replacement service yet. We’ll update once we hear from them.
The Bridge was taken out of service on Sunday due to an issue with “the prow cable”, it was also out of service on Monday as well.
Cllr Cameron Palin told News OnTheWight,
“I’ve just headed down to the Floating Bridge, engineering are currently in the process of replacing one of the prow hydraulic rams. I amglad to see the launch service is now in place and running for foot passengers.
“We cannot afford to keep running this unreliable and infrequent floating bridge. The Isle of Wight Council are continuing to waste millions of pounds of tax payers money on this floating bridge. Whoever takes the Isle of Wight Council administration on Wednesday needs to meet with us local councillors, the relieve county councillors and engineer to find a feasible solution.”
Article edit
12.08 20th May 2021 – Comment from Cllr Palin added and amendment from second to third day out of service
