This in from the council, in their own words, Ed
The Ventnor to Whitwell road is currently closed while we work to clear the road.
Unfortunately our work is being hampered by people, often in 4X4s, ignoring the road closed signs – meaning we have to stop operating our machinery each time a vehicle needs to get past.
To prevent this happening, we have parked one of our vehicles across the end of the road.
Please be patient, we are working as quickly as we can to re-open the road.