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Road rage at proposed bitumen removal

Residents wanting to fight Shire's plans to remove bitumen on residential streets and return them to gravel have been urged to create a petition.

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Published March 25, 2025

Road rage at proposed bitumen removal — After 2023's Surf Beach and Sunderland Bay Special Charge Scheme was abandoned following a bruising two-year campaign, councillors approved a policy that allows large road upgrade projects to be broken into smaller ones and community-initiated road projects to be made easier to achieve. Cowes west residents, though, are not buying it.

Updated September 03, 2025 9:59 pm | 5 months ago

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