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Island Roads Slams 'Inaccurate' Study Naming Isle Of Wight Roads Among Worst In UK

Claims the Isle of Wight is among the worst parts of the UK for road repairs have been slammed by Island Roads.

New research by Bristol Street Motors suggests that many of the Island's roads pose a serious hazard with more than two-thirds featuring dangerous, unfixed potholes — but Island Roads has labelled this 'inaccurate' and 'out-of-date.'

The study analyses self-reported pothole data, keeping track of open and resolved road hazard reports in England to find the fixed road rate for each local authority.

The table below shows the worst areas for roads being repaired:

A spokesperson for Island Roads criticised the study, saying:

"Island Roads was surprised and disappointed to see this report which is based on inaccurate and out-of-date data and provides a false reflection both of the Island’s road network and our maintenance of it.

"The survey relies on data on potholes being reported to a website (which) misrepresents the absence of data as incomplete repairs which is not the case.

"It also fails to consider the historic nature of the data with some reports dating back to 2007, six years prior to the PFI contract which has delivered significant improvement to much of the Island’s road network.

"Island Roads uses the Fix My Street online system and urges people to use this site which also charts the progress of reports and allows visibility of customer reported issues as well as those captured by our dedicated highway inspection team.

"Department for Transport figures show the Island currently has the third best condition local authority-managed A roads and joint first condition B and C roads in England."

According to the study, many road hazard reports have been left unresolved on the Island.

It says only potholes deeper than 40mm and wider than 150mm are typically repaired in a timely manner.

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