Isle of Wight Residents are equipped with immediate safety measures by the residents, after which the route after years of erosion is dangerously left close to a rock edge.
The military road is 11 miles of Termac which provides a broad view of the island, running with its coastal rocks. But area erosion in recent years In less than five meters from the side of the rock, now with sections of the route on the southern coast of the island, a serious risk for life “, a” serious risk “is left.
A local councilor, Bakka Cameron, who called a meeting to raise awareness about road dangers, said that immediate security measures were required to stop a tragedy.
“I think there is a serious risk for life,” she told Mentor“Drone footage shows how severe the risk is and how close the rock for the road is. When a bus passes over the rock, you can feel vibration. We have no warning system when the road collapses.”
In a report published last year, the council admitted that there was an issue, one which was “being due to”Natural coastal erosionAnd the water is coming down and making chines [a steep sided gorge] Wearing soft soil and orange welden rock ”.
Councilor Phil Jordan, Isle of Wight The council leader said: “As local residents will know, we are experiencing the real effects of geological erosion on the military road (A3055).
“There are three specific sites – Cliff Top with Competon Down (Aftton Down), and two sites between Brooke and Competon Farm.
“The road with Faton Down is currently considered relatively stable. Work was done in the late 1990s that included ground anchors and 27 meters piling involved in the chalk below the road, which was to protect it from the face of the erased rock.
“More immediate anxiety is the erosion between Brooke and Competon Farm, known as site 14 and 15. It is caused by natural coastal erosion, and is coming down from water and wearing soft soil and orange welden rock wearing chines. This erosion process also provides sand for our beaches in Shanklin and Sandown.
The report suggests that a possible solution to the problem may include re -involving this stretch inland, which will guarantee its safety and for 20 years or more.
But he warned that the possibility of such a rehabilitation attempt would be more than £ 20 million. Some residents have called for cheap options, including the installation of crash obstacles or the onset of low speed range.
A council spokesman told Mentor A barrier would be installed in a section and an emergency arrangements were made in the “unnatural” incident of an accident.
Meanwhile, go to England, encouraging people to go on the road, while they can still do.
“The A3055 (aka military road) is a road trip to the A3055 (aka military road) that should be taken as soon as possible, as the erosion along the coast can disappear parts of the road,” it is said.
“The 11-mile route may be small, but it provides the treasure of the views of the ocean and the landscape of the memorable country.”
