Residents fed up with regular power cuts at St Catherine's Point will be pleased to hear that SSE plan significant investment to strengthen and maintain the network in their area.
Fishermen say the Tidal Energy Centre, planned to be built within sight of St Catherine’s lighthouse, may decimate the town’s important fishing industry.
Members of the Isle of Wight Long Distance Walkers Association joined forces with Isle of Wight Beach Cleaning Volunteers to collect 18 bags of rubbish from a south coast beach earlier this month.
Although the work is outside the Highways PFI contract, the council say they will not be putting the contract to build a temporary road for landlocked Undercliff Drive residents out to tender.