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.
Despite being place for four weeks, once OnTheWight published footage of the novelty bench in Bonchurch, Island Roads moved with previously-unknown haste vanishing it the next day.
Several community based projects across the Isle of Wight have been chosen as recipients of this year’s grant funding from the Isle of Wight Foundation – the charitable foundation established by the partners in Island Roads.
Gritters from Island Roads’ winter maintenance fleet will be out and about on the Island’s highways network this weekend taking part in the annual ‘autumn parade’.
As you can see, this section of road is bad - really bad (we've driven over it). Despite it being reported, Island Roads have scheduled it in for resurfacing in 2019! Have you got example of sections of road that you think are worse?
The milder winter meant Island Roads only needed to carry out 23 gritting runs compared to 35 the winter before, but as it was also very wet, there was still much to keep the team busy.
Following OnTheWight'sreport last week on the two year anniversary of the Undercliff Drive landslide, Island Roads set out their plans for reinstating the access road for the landlocked residents.