THE Isle of Wight Council is letting Island Roads off the hook for its lack of delivery — Independent Labour Cllr Geoff Brodie has claimed.

He has submitted a question to next week's full council meeting regarding the highways PFI project.

As the initial seven-year core investment period comes to an end, Cllr Brodie will ask about promises made to Islanders to resurface all the Island's roads as part of the project.

It follows a statement issued by transport cabinet member, Cllr Ian Ward, who said: "This was the plan but this changed when government funding for the highways PFI project was reduced by 30 per cent in 2010."

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Cllr Brodie said: "According to Cllr Ward’s recent media statement, just 463km of Island roads have been resurfaced as the core investment period draws to a close — uncomfortably close to only 50 per cent of the works promised back in 2012.

"In a cabinet report in May 2012, weeks before the PFI contract was signed, the project scope included 'refurbishment of 818km of publicly maintained adopted road networks' covered by Island Roads.

"The report also states the project 'has broadly remained unchanged since December 2009, despite the reduction in grant funding.'

"Can you explain why your administration is allowing Island Roads off the hook of delivering on the original promises to Islanders, made during a previous Conservative administration, to resurface all of the highway network during the seven-year core investment period?"

The meeting will be held at County Hall on Wednesday.