Question marks over PFI asphalt

Somebody needs to pull their finger out at some point, the roads are getting worse all the time.
After the recent spate of cold weather, there are potholes (some rather dangerous) everywhere.
2020 is too long to wait, I don't believe for one second it could take longer than a year to source materials and do most major roads.

We already have an asphalt plant at Blackwater. An asphalt plant is better situated in a quarry away from residents, so they do not have to their health compromised and blighted for 25 years plus.

Please leave the roads as they are, the second attempt on Quarr Hill to Fishbourne is, quite frankly, dangerous! Who ever said it was ok and finished to standard second time round should be ashamed. Please don't wreck any more roads for outrageous amounts of tax payer money. And judging by the amount of serious RTC's on the island, making the roads worse can only add to that poor statistic.

Love David Walkers 'Ultimate off road experience' Excellent idea, think it's what you call 'working to your strengths'. I'm in!

This "green deal" info can be found at
https://www.gov.uk/green-deal-energy.../how-the-green-deal-works

Have a look at it and then tell me why people can be conned by this scam

I know that there are quite a few people who think that I just stand for the "anti-wind turbines" lobby, but it is much more than that.
I find "incompetence", "corruption", "self-interest", "vested interests", "scams", "con-artists", "charlatans" and "apathy" are the words and phrases which are commonplace, not just here, but nationally.
The reason for this is the last word - "apathy".
The public just could not care less that all of the adherents to the other words, not only continue to perform their sleight of hand, but prosper.
With especial regard to Egoisland and the "claims" made, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that as of 30 Jan., just 15 Green Deal Assessors and 11 "providers" existed and NOT ONE of them on the IW.
Yet, the very people who should be exposing this charade, our "media", actively support this perversion.
This "

""It was said 47 miles of roads in Gurnard, East Cowes, Cowes, Whippingham and Northwood would be renewed by 2020.""

and Southern Water, Southern Gas and Southern Electric will then start to renew all of their services in 2021 and once they are finished, one at a time of course, BT will replace/upgrade all of the telephone cables.

they should promote the ultimate "off road" experience available on most of the islands roads. Might bring in a few tourists. This councils had long enough to get it right and yet travellers lay a better bodge driveway. Now theres a thought bring a few of them over pay them over the top get the same result.

Mr Justice and Peter, have you seen the article about negative advertising?

""Island sorely in need of a facelift, rotten roads, mad council, weather’s been lousy for months, ferry fares exorbitant, schools frightful, and they bang on about garlic, the Hambrough Hotel and Mark King until you could scream."

"2020" ! Seven years from now? I suppose they are having trouble finding an asphalt supplier who will dilute the mix to match the stuff they put down recently. Let's hope every batch comes with a free bag of cement dust for applying if the weather gets hot!
Could we apply to the EEC to get Third World Aid for our roads?
When will a road actually be started? How much do we pay for each of the individual patches which are done at the moment? I saw 10 in a group on a road. Could they be trained to spread themselves out a bit?

Any views or opinions presented in the comments above are solely those of the author and do not represent those of the Isle of Wight County Press.