Weathered and worn by decades of exposure to the elements, the slipway and seawall at Seaview are now shipshape thanks to repairs carried out by the Isle of Wight Council’s coastal protection team.
The slipway is well used by local residents and holidaymakers, the sailing club as well as the many small boat owners, water sports enthusiasts and groups of local sea swimmers who brave the cold Solent waters all year round.
However, the community facility which dates from the 1930s had fallen into a poor state of repair, with a concrete slab that was crumbling and a huge void below it.
The seawall on which the slipway sits was also damaged in places with large holes starting to form allowing material to be lost from underneath the structure.
As well as providing safe access for all to the beach and sea, the Council’s other priority was to ensure further damage from future storms and every day tidal erosion could not take place.
Natasha Dix, the Council’s strategic manager for the environment, explained:
“We instructed for the voiding to be investigated to see the extent of the problem, then to fill the voids and finally secure the seawall render.
Article continues below this advertisement “On the slipway the job was to remove all remnants of the cracked and broken concrete pad and relay the pad but to also make good the edging of the slipway where the pad and stone work meet.”
All work was undertaken by the Council’s coastal protection team — from the initial inspections and investigatory work, to awarding the contract to carry out the structural repairs to Corefix, an Island-based family-run business with more than 18 years’ experience in structural and civil engineering.
Councillor Paul Fuller, the Cabinet member responsible for coastal protection, said:
“Carrying out these repairs was vital to ensuring there was no further damage throughout the Winter and the local community could continue to use the slipway, which from feedback that I’ve received is so important.
“It was fantastic to see that the works were finished in time for the peak Summer season meaning residents and tourists could continue to enjoy and use the slipway during the holidays. My thanks to everyone involved.”
Bet if this slipway was in Sandown, it would have been left to rot !!!
THANKS?? Why? It’s hardly anything to be thankful for, our council tax is high enough. The neglect our island is suffering thanks to the money wasted on clerical staff and managers stealing a living in County Hall and a gutless MP who broke his own government covid laws whilst preaching to us is hardly anything to say thanks for!
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Is that not what us tax payers pay for? Hardly news. Let’s discuss the downfall of Newport and church litten park. Full of druggies and drunks swearing and fighting throughout the day.
The council are too busy giving island roads as much money as possible for shoddy work and as many disrupted roads as possible
Then what they have left they throw at the not so floating bridge
That is why IW is one of the most expensive Council Taxes in the UK
There’s some bloke repairing a nice wall at the corner of West Street / Queen’s Road in Ryde. He’s been at it on his own for a while. Surely worth an article IE?
Isle of Wight council doing repairs ha
I didn’t realise the council did manual work I thought they subbed it out then the subs re subbed it out as they aren’t capable to do the work. Just like what happened on belgrave road cliff repairs.
Thanks to Mike west & son’s concrete too
BIG NEWS – COUNCIL ACTUALLY DO SOME WORK!!!
If island roads were the contractor .. with their flour and water repair mix .. then stop the back slapping .. plan for the next repair .