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Power Lines Down And Fallen Trees Among Weekend Call Outs For Island Roads

Reports of trees in the roAd and fallen power lines are among the incidents the team from Island Roads attended at the weekend.

Heavy rain and strong winds battered many parts of the Island yesterday (Sunday).

Dave Wallis, Island Roads Operations and Maintenance Manager, said:

“It was a very busy period and I would like to thank our staff and contractors who were working in some pretty unpleasant conditions in order to keep the network safe and open.

“Thank also to the members of the public who reported highway incidents to us.”

Incidents attended by Island Roads yesterday during the severe weather:

08.13

Tree down on a cable

Newport Road, Freshwater

08.33

Tree in road

Sandy Lane, Newport

08.55

Tree in road

Upper Road, Brading

08.58

Tree in road

Baring Road, Cowes

09.19

Power lines down (road closure required)

Gatcombe Village Road

09.26

Section of tree down

Eddington Road, St Helens

09.29

Large Tree in highway

Hallett’s Shute, Yarmouth

09.38

Tree in highway

Whiteoak Lane, Porchfield

09.57

Tree in highway

Cowleaze, Shanklin.

11.05

Unsafe tree

Hinton Road, Newport

11.21

Tree blocking footpath

Old Shute, Ventnor

11.23

Large branch in road

Whippingham Road, East Cowes

14.18

Two trees down on Sandown – Newport cyclepath

Near Merstone station

14.43

Low hanging branch affecting highway

Merstone Lane

14.47

Tree in Highway

Colwell Road, Totland

15.03

Various highway debris in Havenstreet

Havenstreet

16.01

Cable in the highway

Ferncliff Road, Sandown

16.13

Tree blocking path

Hazel Clowe, Newport

18.46

Tree affecting highway

Blythe Shute, Chale

20.09

Unsafe tree

Green Lane, Shanklin

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