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OnTheWight sought to find out how much was being paid to Island Roads for the latest works at Undercliff Drive, and how much was paid for the work carried out when the 2014 landslip occurred.
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Work is underway on the second phase of a major scheme to improve the highway drainage in Bembridge village.
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Road works in the St George’s Way area of Newport are going well and currently on schedule to be completed in March as planned.
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Island Roads say their winter maintenance crews have just dealt with their busiest month ever in terms of winter maintenance activity.
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Cllr Lumley says the £200k 'saving' which could result in roads falling apart from day one after the PFI contract expires is short-sighted and "badly letting down the Island who were promised so much by Eddie Giles and his pals”.
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The Ombudsman said there was no evidence that IWC or Island Roads dealt with the road failure diligently, or as a priority and accused IWC of being "disingenuous", saying their actions caused "substantive injustice".
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Eight years of Government data, researched by the BBC, has exposed that the Isle of Wight is the fifth worst local authority in the country - out of over 150 - A-roads in need of maintenance. Although B and C roads are better, the council is still not in the top third.
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The man who used to pull in £180+k/year while he was setting up the Isle of Wight roads PFI is back being paid by IWC. His mission? To save money OnTheWight has been told. The council responds.
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Having been paid by the Isle of Wight council to work out if there were any savings to be made on the Highways PFI contract (the one he originally architected), JJ could now be paid more money to make those savings. Nice!
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Chairman of the IWC, Cllr Lora Peacey-Wilcox said, “The majority of the issues we have are, and have been experienced and caused by that person. I think the public need to know that.”
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As revealed by OnTheWight back in March, Jay Jayasundara has already been back on the Isle of Wight since the beginning of the year examining the Highways PFI contract he was paid handsomely to create.
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Ahead of tonight's East Cowes Town council meeting, the Isle of Wight council have responded to questions posed by OnTheWight about plans to install barriers around the Umbrella Tree.
