Island Roads is working on a long-term solution to stop vehicles careering into a stone wall in Sandford when the road is icy. Over the last 4 years, numerous drivers have lost control of their vehicles and crashed into the wall, the most recent crash taking place on 10th January. Now it has come to light that Island Roads is working with all relevant parties to install measures to mitigate the issues. The crashes occur, almost exclusively, as a result of surface water running onto the road from the nearby Redhill Lane, which then washes away grit that has been spread leaving the carriageway (the A3020) icy and treacherous. Since Island Echo ran a story last week, another crash occurred on the same stretch of road – on the other side of the carriageway – on the morning of Tuesday 16th January. Island Echo reported on a crash between a car and the wall back in January 2022. 
In response to residents’ concerns about the situation, a spokesperson for Island Roads has said:
“Redhill Lane is a cutting and as such, there are higher banks on each side of the road. Groundwater issues from these banks and naturally uses the highway network as a conduit. “We have been in communication with adjacent landowners, to ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities when it comes to managing watercourses effectively. As a result, the land drainage provision on private land has been upgraded.
Ahead of a long-term solution being found, Island Roads is regularly cleaning the gullies in the area and has put warning signs out to advise motorists of the danger. Salt socks are also being utilised to mitigate the risk of freezing.
The water does not go down the drains they are blocked that is the problem they have been for years
Ye right..check back in a couple of years..bye for now..
The best solution would be taking cars off these morons.
Best solution is for the island roads to actually fix the drainage and the roads,pot holes ,cracks ,sunken areas etc. Most of the time you’re avoiding one issue just to hit another.. should stop paying road tax until they’ve sorted it
Road tax does not pay for the roads. You pay it for the privilege of owning a car.
Drivers must buy car tax every year. The money this raises is paid directly into the central government fund, which is used for projects that benefit everyone – including road work and maintenance.
So not paying car tax will make everyone suffer from a general lack of all services.
Talk talk & more talk!! I can tell you now that no ditching or drain clearing has been done in years on our main road.
Even used that IR repair my street app, what a waste of time!! I was pointing out that these drains on this road are blocked they cleaned out one of twenty…!!!
Toads and Roads do not get your hopes up.Maybe they could park a load of their vans along their while they are skiving .
Improved driving standards should be where the effort is focused
Funny how accidents here only since Island Roads. Simple is to gully end of lane and direct along near side and put some camber back in road. Surface water all over is down to Camber no longer,eg Cricket Club, Merstone, Whitwell, Nettlestone etc.
Old farts again causes more problems more problems causes more money
nice to see you got out of bed today why don’t you get a job. twat
Do you still play with the kids you saddo
How come over 99% of the traffic manage to go past this wall without hitting it? Obviously nothing to do with road conditions purely crap driving
Stop idiots speeding, job done.
So does this mean that the motorists that have crashed here can claim from island roads insurance instead of their own?
No, because they are idiots that can’t understand conditions….
Roads are not the problem, poor drivers are and always will be.
If the road was the problem, every car using this stretch of road in poor weather would end up crashing.
Learn to drive. Sums society up now though..its not the persons fault..must be the wall
Is not just from Redhill Lane, it from much further up from Sanford Garage down to Redhill Lane, often flooded