From Julie Cohen Designated Information Guardian (DIG) To Highways PFI Contract Management Team Peter Dyer St Christopher House Address information not available 42 Daish Way Newport

Isle of Wight Email: [email protected] PO30 5XJ

Tel (01983) 821000 Ext: 6601 Email [email protected] DX 56361 Newport (Isle of Wight) Web www.iwight.com

28th September 2020

Dear Mr Dyer

INFORMATION REQUEST CRM REF: IW20/9/15147

Thank you for your information request dated 10th September 2020.

Please find below the information you have requested.

1. The location and extent of all cycleways and cyclepaths maintained under the highways PFI contract, broken down by cycleways and cyclepaths

The following are designated as cycleways under the PFI contract:

• Newport to Cycleway (Shide, Newport to Perowne Way, Sandown) • Newport to Wootton Cycleway (sections at Binfield Corner, Newport to Station Road; Fernside Way to Lakeside, Wootton) • Newport to Cycleway (Riverway, Newport to Arctic Road, Cowes) • Freshwater to Yarmouth (Afton Road, Freshwater to Thorley Road, Yarmouth) • Wroxall to (Castle Road, Wroxall to Lower Hyde, Shanklin)

The contract does not designate any cyclepaths.

2. Location and extent of any cycleways not being maintained to the standards set out in section 4.4.2

Para 4.4.2 refers to the Wight Footway Condition Index (WFCI) which is a score derived from a DVI (Detailed Visual Inspection) undertaken by an independent surveyor every two years. DVIs can only be undertaken on bound (surfaced) sections of footways/cycleways and therefore the following would be exempt from this performance standard.

• Newport to Sandown (Shide car park entrance) • Newport to Wootton (Crematorium Road to Park Road) • Freshwater to Yarmouth (Causeway to Station Road)

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• Wroxall to Shanklin (entire section)

In addition, the Newport to Sandown (Shide Road to Blackwater) section is currently exempt due to future third party works.

3. Details on the alternative maintenance standards agreed for these stretches and the basis for any agreed deviation from the standards in section 4.4.

Footways and cycleways exempt from 4.4.2 are covered by 4.4.4.1 ie:

4.4.4.1 Hierarchy 5, Footpaths, Cycle Paths and Hierarchy 5A shall be maintained in compliance with:

4.4.4.1.1 the Sustrans Guides Connect2 Greenway Design Guide Appendix C (published April 09);

4.4.4.1.2 such that the Surface:

a) is well compacted;

b) is free of ruts;

c) has no ridges; and

d) has no potholes.

For the avoidance of doubt, all cycleways are the subject of a six-monthly safety inspection.

4. A breakdown of the number of monitoring lengths of cycleway classified as each of excellent, good, fair/good, fair, poor and failed under the Wight Footway Condition Index.

Using the categorisation in table 4.6

Excellent 20 5 Good 15 – 19.99 13 Fair / Good 12.5 – 14.99 16 Fair 10 – 12.49 5 Poor 5 – 9.99 10 Failed <5 0

5. Details of the location and extent of any monitoring lengths classified as poor or failed

The following cycleways scored less than 10 at their last inspection:

Cycleway Section Monitoring Length Monitoring Length Location Newport to Sandown Blackwater to C24007 2580 metres south of Lane junction with Shide Road, Newport (to 2940 metres). Newport to Sandown Blackwater to C24008 2940 metres south of

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Merstone Lane junction with Shide Road, Newport (to 3440 metres). Newport to Sandown Blackwater to C24009 3440 metres south of Merstone Lane junction with Shide Road, Newport (to 3750 metres). Newport to Sandown Blackwater to C24010 3750 metres south of Merstone Lane junction with Shide Road, Newport (to 4100 metres). Newport to Sandown Mersone Lane to C24015 5460 metres south of Horringford junction with Shide Road, Newport (to 6000 metres). Newport to Sandown Mersone Lane to C24016 6000 metres south of Horringford junction with Shide Road, Newport (to 6500 metres). Newport to Wootton Binfield Corner to C32019 0 metres east of the Crematorium Road junction with Binfield Corner, Newport (to 470 metres). Newport to Wootton Binfield Corner to C32020 470 metres east of the Crematorium Road junction with Binfield Corner, Newport (to 770 metres). Freshwater to Station Road to C96062 3110 metres east of Yarmouth Thorley Road the junction of Afton Road, Freshwater (to 3420 metres). Freshwater to Station Road to C96063 3420 metres east of Yarmouth Thorley Road the junction of Afton Road, Freshwater (to 3820 metres).

Please contact me again if you require any further assistance on this matter and I will do my best to provide relevant help and advice.

If you have any complaints in respect of your information request, please write to the Corporate Information Unit, Isle of Wight Council, County Hall Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1UD, or complete the on-line appeals form that can be found at www.iwight.com/information. If your complaint is not resolved to your complete satisfaction, you have the ultimate right, once you have exhausted the internal appeals process, to appeal to the Information Commissioner.

Yours sincerely

Julie Cohen

JULIE COHEN DESIGNATED INFORMATION GUARDIAN (DIG)