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More than 80 trees cleared from Isle of Wight roads since Friday morning

Claire Robertson·21, February 2022

During Storm Eunice and the beginning of Storm Franklin, from Friday morning to Monday morning, Island Roads had a total of 224 reported storm related highway issues.

They took 333 calls in total, but some of these were duplicate reports or unrelated to the storms.

Trunk caught on power lines on Adgestone Lower Road — Trunk caught on power lines on Adgestone Lower Road

Tree down in Wilmingham Lane — Tree down in Wilmingham Lane

Tree down in Porchfield — Tree down in Porchfield

Of these 83 related to trees/heavy branches that had come down and needed to be cleared from the highway.

Still closed
As of now, the sites which are still shut are:

Watergate Lane due to a leaning tree
Manor Road footpath (behind Big Mead), Shanklin which will likely stay shut until Wednesday due to the number of mature trees down
Egypt Hill in Cowes where there is an issue with the hoarding on a construction site

Tree down in Oakhill — Tree down in Oakhill

Tree down in Newport — Tree down in Newport

Tree down on East Lane — Tree down on East Lane

Tree down in Calbourne Road — Tree down in Calbourne Road

Tree down in Bouldnor — Tree down in Bouldnor

News shared by Claire on behalf of Island Roads. Ed

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