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The Cowes floating bridge is due to have a five-yearly full safety inspection which will see it out of service from March 7 until April 22.

With the date for legal mediation drawing closer, Cllr Phil Jordan has confirmed that IWC are looking for a settlement of millions from FB6's designers and builders

Cllr Jordan says he's obviously disappointed this will mean another break in service, but adds the inspection must go ahead to comply with regulations

Floating Bridge 6 will be taken to a dry dock facility in Falmouth, where the inspection will be carried out.

The farcical Floating Bridge is out of action again.

Passengers say they have been told there is a problem with the linkspan.

The Isle of Wight Council is looking for a settlement worth millions of pounds after the so-called Floating Bridge ‘fiasco’ brought delays, cancellations and seemingly endless amounts of work on the link between East Cowes and Cowes.

The recent Cabinet Office Gateway 5 Review of FB6 sets out what steps would need to taken should the Isle of Wight council choose to replace FB6 with an updated ...

See the full list of recommendations that came out of the independent review of the FB6 project, as well as the detail for each one

Poor design has been identified by a national government review of the Isle of Wight’s troubled Floating Bridge 6.