Island Roads

Improvement works begin on Monday

Residents are reminded that Island Roads will be resuming its road improvement works programme early in the New Year. Schemes in Newport Upper High Street and Binstead Road will begin on January 5 while the major project to improve the main road through Wroxall will resume on the same date. All projects involve deeper than […]

Thank you as Belgrave Road set to re-open

Belgrave Road in Ventnor will reopen on Friday (December 19) The reopening is the culmination of weeks of repair and safety works by Island Roads on behalf of the IW Council following a major rockfall there earlier this year. The project team, working with specialist designers and contractors, has delivered a package of measures to […]

Major Road improvement in Binstead planned for new year

Large sections of Binstead Road are due to be improved in a project starting early in the New Year. Island Roads is planning to improve major sections of the road between Ringwood Road and Gwydyr Close starting on January 5. The work will be split into two phases in order to allow for other major […]

Businesses open during new year high street improvement works

Major road improvement work will take place in the Upper High Street, Newport, in the New Year. The work will see the Upper High Street closed between its Pyle Street and St James junctions – effectively making the section a pedestrianised area during the scheme. Work is scheduled to begin on January 5 and last […]

unsurfaced road with rock face to the left covered with netting. A work van can is parked at the end of the road

Progress continues as resurfacing work brings reopening closer

Island Roads is hoping to resurface Belgrave Road in Ventnor this week. Resurfacing of the damaged section will mark a key phase in the ongoing project to repair and re-open the road following a huge rockfall there earlier this year. The resurfacing – which is subject to favourable weather – will make it necessary to […]

picture of a newly resurfaced road with white line down centre. Sloping grass verge on right hand side and houses on the left.

Main road through Wroxall to reopen for Christmas period

Work to rebuild and resurface the main road through Wroxall is slightly ahead of schedule. As the project is now at roughly the halfway stage in terms of total area improved, the road will re-open on the evening of Tuesday 9 December as not to affect access to Ventnor during the Christmas and New Year […]

Island Roads says thanks as safety work due to complete on Friday

The project to replace 85 metres of safety fencing on St George’s Way, Newport, is due to complete on schedule tomorrow (Friday). During the four-week scheme, Island Roads has strengthened the brick supports and installed new concrete posts to support the new timber fence. These measures will make the new fence stronger, reducing the likelihood […]

Island Roads staff swoop to clear bird poo problem

Island Roads has swept in to support the Classic Boat Museum in Cowes by clearing stubborn bird mess from a boatshed that had been overtaken by pigeons. The newly-cleaned boatshed can now be used for storage of some of the museum’s extension of classic boats. Island Roads operatives Lee Jones and Kev Conway, supported by […]

Major Road improvement works in Wroxall start next week

Island Roads is reminding residents that significant improvement works on the main road through Wroxall will begin next week (November 10). The project will be delivered in seven phases, starting with a 350-metre section of Clarence Road between Mountfield Road and Manor Road. Each phase will involve deeper-than-usual excavations to strengthen the road’s foundations before […]

Safety work at St George’s Way

A section of St George’s Way, Newport, will be reduced to one southbound lane for four weeks starting early next month to allow the replacement of fence panels. As the safety fencing is some metres above the carriageway, a platform needs to be erected in one of the southbound lanes for safety reasons for the […]