It's taken them a while, but the Isle of Wight council are finally making the "vital improvements" to the roads around the floating bridge to improve safety of pedestrians and avoid lorries getting stuck.
The traffic plan is designed to ensure disruption to local traffic is kept to a minimum, although some delays are inevitable with the increased levels of traffic on the roads. Details within.
Isle of Wight council leader says it's "ready and able to tackle major infrastructure issues on the Island surrounding traffic congestion, quality of life and pollution".
Charlotte says her children were left distressed as their beds shook during overnight roadworks. She wants to know how this kind of work can take place overnight in a built up residential area. Island Roads respond.
However, civic chiefs have hit back saying no decisions have been made yet and stressed they are exploring the idea at this stage, but that this is the "typical knee-jerk reaction" they get from the Itchen MP.