Bin emptying services increase during Coronavirus pandemic

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Photo showing Island Roads staff member emptying litter bins dressed in protective clothing

As more people walk their dogs or go out for their daily exercise during the Coronavirus pandemic, the bins are getting full quickly.

We’ve therefore increased the frequency of dog and litter bin emptying as our key workers continue to keep the Island clean and tidy.

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Pleased to say that the A3056 at Arreton is now open for the weekend (under traffic lights). The road will close again when the bus stop improvement work resumes on Monday morning. @iow_council

Immediate Closure for Whitecombe Road, Newport.

The closure is necessary to enable BT to carryout urgent repairs.

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We’re making good progress on the bus stop improvement work at Arreton. We hope to re-open the road under lights from this evening until Monday morning when work will resume. Thanks for your understanding during work @iow_council

Today our weedspraying teams are in Bembridge,
Brading, Seaview, Godshill, Chillerton, Arreton, Newchurch and Alverstone.
Tomorrow we'll be in the West Wight district and on Sunday we're in Newport and Carisbrooke.
Details of how and why we spray are here https://islandroads.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Glyphosate-factsheet-June-2025-1.pdf