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Isle of Wight council’s Scrutiny Committee consider highways PFI performance

Members of the Isle of Wight council Corporate Scrutiny Committee meet in County Hall from 5pm today (Tuesday).

Items to be considered (see papers below) include a report from the Chairman, Cllr Andrew Garratt, on outcomes from the informal briefing held last week about the performance of the highways PFI contract.

Also on the agenda for scrutiny is the proposed budget for 20/21 – which includes £4.5m of ‘savings’ and a 3.99 per cent rise on council tax. They will also consider the Terms of Reference for the Corporate Parenting Board.

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henry
11, February 2020 9:34 pm

Are they using resources for St Mary’s round about work that should really be being used for island road refurbishment?

Benny C
11, February 2020 9:56 pm

All sounds like fudge to me. Where is the accountable Ian Ward , he should be making statements about performance, about next steps and about his stewardship of all this. Instead , silence. Maybe he hasn’t read the papers, maybe he is browsing for trousers to buy on the internet in public meetings he is paid by us to attend, maybe he hasn’t got the performance stats… Read more »

prof
11, February 2020 10:10 pm

Perhaps someone with access to the secret information could at least enlighten us on the nature of the information even if it is not possible to disclose the content. The term “commercially sensitive” is frequently used as a blocking tool to delay or suppress inconvenient, embarrassing or even non-existent information. This is why the term is treated with mistrust and throws up big red flags whenever it… Read more »

Benny C
Reply to  prof
12, February 2020 3:39 pm

Interesting viewpoint, from my perspective as a driver using island highways most days the standards are way better overall (for instance Military Road) and some repairs won’t work, that’s just reality. The logic of progress is more difficult to fathom, it all seems a little piecemeal at times but maybe other utilities hamper attempts to join dots. We are definitely in a better place. Your point about… Read more »

Authur Sausage
11, February 2020 10:45 pm

All this wasted meeting time & rain forests of trees wasted on paper.
One word is sufficient CRAP!

confidential
12, February 2020 7:59 am

Thank goodness you were there to report on the meeting. If Cllr Stewart as the Leader of the IW Council shamelessly states he cannot ensure that the £450 million of public money is being expended correctly who is actually responsible for this dreadful contract which has failed to achieve its fundamental requirement of achieving rebuilt and resurfaced roads and pavements throughout the entire island within seven years?… Read more »

Geoff Brodie
Reply to  confidential
12, February 2020 9:44 am

Or Leader of the Council at the time the contract was agreed – David Pugh ? Now Chairman of the IW Conservative Association and Election Agent for the MP, Bob Seely.

Colin
12, February 2020 10:08 am

I seem to remember that not that long ago there was confusion as to how the road standard was going to be measured with a lot of unintelligible hot air coming from the council and IR. Interesting that Colin Rowland is reported as saying “Measured by standards in each district. Island Roads contractors exceed measures for each road. There is satisfactory progress being made, they are achieving… Read more »

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