Island Roads has put a number of parking restrictions in place to assist traffic flow during the closure of Ventnor’s Leeson Road, which sees traffic return to the Wroxall and Whitwell diversion routes.
The measures follow discussions between the Isle of Wight Council and Island Roads and are designed to allow traffic to flow more freely in both directions along the diversion. Previous calls to carry out such action were shot down by the local authorities, but there appears to have been a change of heart.
The measures introduce temporary parking restrictions on Ocean View Road and Newport Road in Ventnor, and Clarence Road and St John’s Road in Wroxall.
The restrictions take into account lessons learned following the previous closure of Leeson Road following the major landslide of December 2023 and, in particular, will help safe and efficient travel for emergency vehicles if needed, and reduce the likelihood of traffic build-up.
Leeson Road closed to all traffic again last night (Sunday) as work is undertaken to drill deep boreholes into the ground, in a bid to learn more about what is happening in the landslip area. It is hoped the road will re-open by 18th November.
These new traffic measures will be in place for the duration of the current engineering works.
The restrictions are as follows:
• Ocean View Road, Ventnor between its junction with Gills Cliff Road and its junction with Zig Zag Road, where indicated by no waiting cones on site outside of 32 – 44 Ocean View Road, on the northern side, removing four parking bays.
• Newport Road, Ventnor between its junction with Lowerville Road and its junction with St Margrets Glade, where indicated by no waiting cones, on the north eastern side, removing all on street parking.
• Clarence road, Wroxall, between its junction with Mountfield Road and its junction with High Street, where indicated by no waiting cones, on the eastern side outside of 44 and 28 – 30, removing one bay at the southern end and three bays in the middle.
• St Johns Road, Wroxall, between its junction with Appuldurcombe Road and its junction with Worsley Drive, where indicated by no waiting cones, on the western side, removing one parking bay at either end the area.
